Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

Q3a. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department?

a.  Recruiting qualified officers

Q3b. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department? 

b. Retaining current officers

Q3b. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department? 

b. Retaining current officers

Q3c. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department? 

c.  Poaching  (i.e., officers leaving for positions with other local agencies)

Q3d. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department?

d. Officer morale

Q3e. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department? 

e. Negative public interactions or perceptions

Q3f. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department?

f. Lack of professional development and/or ongoing training

Q3g. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department?

g. Too much required training

Q3h. How much of a problem, if at all, are the following personnel issues for your office/department?

h. Other

Q4a.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply)

a. Revising hiring standards to produce a larger field of candidates

Q4b.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply) 

b. Streamlining the hiring process (e.g., rolling testing opportunities, accelerated background checks, conditional offers, etc.)

Q4c.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply)

c. Increasing pay rates

Q4d.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply) 

d. Increasing benefits

Q4e.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply)

e. Increasing nontraditional incentives (e.g., more paid time off, flexible schedules, childcare, tuition reimbursements, etc.)

Q4f.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply)

f. Professional development opportunities for officers' career advancement

Q4g.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply)

g. Creating or expanding “pipeline” programs (e.g., youth or cadet programs, apprenticeships, academy sponsorships, etc.)

Q4h.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply) 

h. Investing in community trust and relationship-building

Q4j.  If additional resources were available, which of the following, if any, do you think would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply)

j. Don't know

Q6. (for Chiefs of Police only)  Do you think the jurisdiction(s) your department serves appropriates too much, about the right amount, or too little funding to meet your police department’s current needs?

q7. Opinion on city funding allocated to Sheriff's Office

Q8. Do you think your county appropriates too much, about the right amount, or too little funding to meet the County Prosecutor’s Office’s needs?

Q9f.  If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, which of the following, if any, would be a priority for allocating those funds?

f. Updating current equipment

Q12a. To what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in the community or communities your office/department serves?  

a. Violent crimes (e.g., rape, assault, homicide, etc.) 

Q12b. To what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in the community or communities your office/department serves? 

b. Domestic violence/intimate partner violence

Q12c. To what extent, if any, would you say the following are currently (or have recently been) problems in the community or communities your office/department serves? 

c. Property crimes (e.g., burglary, vandalism, identity theft, embezzlement, etc.)