Support for department penalties for failing to review potential hire’s misconduct history
Full Question Text
Regardless of whether or not various systems are currently in place to address law enforcement misconduct, to what extent would you support or oppose formal penalties for law enforcement agencies that fail to review a potential hire’s history of misconduct with previous department(s)?
| Total | |
| Strongly Support | 28% |
| Somewhat Support | 38% |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 17% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 4% |
| Strongly Oppose | 2% |
| Don't Know | 11% |
| County | Township | City | Village | Total | |
| Strongly Support | 26% | 27% | 29% | 34% | 28% |
| Somewhat Support | 41% | 38% | 39% | 35% | 38% |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 22% | 17% | 16% | 16% | 17% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 2% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 4% |
| Strongly Oppose | 4% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% |
| Don't Know | 5% | 12% | 6% | 10% | 11% |
| <1500 | 1500-5000 | 5001-10000 | 10001-30000 | >30000 | Total | |
| Strongly Support | 31% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 28% |
| Somewhat Support | 36% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 42% | 38% |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 15% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 17% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 3% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% |
| Strongly Oppose | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 2% |
| Don't Know | 13% | 10% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 11% |
| Upper Peninsula | Northern Lower Peninsula | West Central Lower Peninsula | East Central Lower Peninsula | Southwest Lower Peninsula | Southeast Lower Peninsula | Total | |
| Strongly Support | 34% | 30% | 29% | 22% | 26% | 30% | 28% |
| Somewhat Support | 36% | 39% | 35% | 41% | 37% | 37% | 38% |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 15% | 14% | 22% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 17% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 7% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% |
| Strongly Oppose | 0% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 2% |
| Don't Know | 8% | 12% | 9% | 13% | 14% | 7% | 11% |
| Rural | Mostly rural | Mostly urban | Urban | Don't Know | Total | |
| Strongly Support | 29% | 27% | 24% | 34% | 17% | 28% |
| Somewhat Support | 38% | 38% | 47% | 28% | 16% | 38% |
| Neither Support nor Oppose | 16% | 20% | 13% | 17% | 37% | 17% |
| Somewhat Oppose | 4% | 4% | 3% | 14% | 0% | 4% |
| Strongly Oppose | 2% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 0% | 2% |
| Don't Know | 11% | 9% | 9% | 4% | 31% | 10% |