Availability of mental health professionals for implementing a co-responder or alternative responder model
Full Question Text
Thinking about the introduction of co-responders or alternative responders as part of local policing, do you agree or disagree that your community doesn’t have enough qualified mental health professionals to implement a coresponder or alternative responder model?
| Total | |
| Strongly agree | 22% |
| Somewhat agree | 24% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 18% |
| Somewhat disagree | 4% |
| Strongly disagree | 3% |
| Don't know | 30% |
| County | Township | City | Village | Total | |
| Strongly agree | 39% | 18% | 30% | 24% | 22% |
| Somewhat agree | 23% | 23% | 26% | 28% | 24% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 22% | 19% | 15% | 16% | 18% |
| Somewhat disagree | 2% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 4% |
| Strongly disagree | 3% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 3% |
| Don't know | 11% | 33% | 21% | 29% | 30% |
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | Total | |
| Strongly agree | 24% | 19% | 20% | 27% | 23% | 22% |
| Somewhat agree | 25% | 23% | 25% | 21% | 23% | 24% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 17% | 18% | 19% | 20% | 22% | 18% |
| Somewhat disagree | 2% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 12% | 4% |
| Strongly disagree | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 3% |
| Don't know | 30% | 34% | 27% | 22% | 17% | 30% |
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | Total | |
| Strongly agree | 39% | 25% | 21% | 19% | 17% | 17% | 22% |
| Somewhat agree | 15% | 26% | 29% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 24% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 14% | 13% | 17% | 23% | 20% | 21% | 18% |
| Somewhat disagree | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 9% | 4% |
| Strongly disagree | 2% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% |
| Don't know | 28% | 31% | 30% | 28% | 33% | 27% | 30% |
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't Know | Total | |
| Strongly agree | 25% | 17% | 22% | 17% | 15% | 22% |
| Somewhat agree | 24% | 27% | 19% | 30% | 0% | 24% |
| Neither agree nor disagree | 18% | 17% | 23% | 19% | 25% | 19% |
| Somewhat disagree | 2% | 4% | 11% | 12% | 0% | 4% |
| Strongly disagree | 2% | 4% | 2% | 6% | 0% | 3% |
| Don't know | 28% | 31% | 23% | 17% | 60% | 29% |