How Americans Feel About Law Enforcement

Highlights Polling data show a mixed bag of results regarding public perceptions of law enforcement, some is harshly negative, some (based on interactions) is quite…

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Protests, Law Enforcement And Crime Dominate The News And Presidential Debates

Highlights Presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump will debate for the first time. One of the six topics is protests, crime and violence in…

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Per Gallup, The Majority Of Americans Rate Police Encounters As Positive, Respectful and Fair

Highlights The data from a variety of sources indicate that those coming into contact with law enforcement (rather than a general public opinion poll) rate…

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81 Percent Express Confidence in Police Yet Polls Show Declines And Disparities

Highlights When adding all three categories in a recent Gallup poll, a great deal of confidence, quite a lot, and some, 81 percent expressed a…

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What The Public Thinks About Police Reform And Defunding

Highlights Per Gallup, “Most Americans Say Policing Needs Major Changes.” Every day brings more protests and endless videos of riots, looting, arson, graffiti, and assaults…

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Public Confidence In The Police Is Stronger Than You Think

Highlights The recruitment of cops is down 63 percent. Officers are calling in sick throughout the country. A DC police union survey says 71 percent…

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Are Police Agencies "In Shambles" Affecting Crime Reporting?

Esquire: Just As Every Cop Is A Criminal

“Just as every cop is a criminal, and all the sinner’s saints,” The Rolling Stones: Beggars Banquet. Author Leonard Adam Sipes, Jr. Thirty-five years of speaking…

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An explanation of recent and older crime and fear of crime statistics and research for the layperson.

“They Can’t Touch the Criminals. They Know They’re Untouchable.” Public Opinion and Crime

  If offenders really believe that they are beyond the control of society and the justice system, and if we refuse to send clear messages,…

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