Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

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.)

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?

f. Crime overall in your jurisdiction

First, please think overall about law enforcement in your jurisdiction, whether provided by your jurisdiction or by other entities. In your role as a local official, how satisfied are you with the State Police working in your jurisdiction?

First, please think overall about law enforcement in your jurisdiction, whether provided by your jurisdiction or by other entities. In your role as a local official, how satisfied are you with the County Sheriff's Office  working in your jurisdiction?

First, please think overall about law enforcement in your jurisdiction, whether provided by your jurisdiction or by other entities. In your role as a local official, how satisfied are you with the County Prosecutor's Office  working in your jurisdiction?

First, please think overall about law enforcement in your jurisdiction, whether provided by your jurisdiction or by other entities. In your role as a local official, how satisfied are you with the local police  agency working in your jurisdiction (if applicable)?

How satisfied do you think the majority of your residents are with the State Police working in your jurisdiction?

Now, how satisfied do you think the majority of your residents are with the County Prosecutor's Office working in your jurisdiction?

How satisfied do you think the majority of your residents are with the local police agency working in your jurisdiction (if applicable)?

There can be many complex intergovernmental arrangements for law enforcement services. Which of the following best describes your jurisdiction’s primary service delivery arrangement, if any, for law enforcement? (Among township, city, and village officials)

Overall, do you believe the size of the workforce in the County Sheriff's Office  working in your jurisdiction is sufficient to deliver the needed law enforcement services?

Overall, do you believe the size of the workforce in the local police agencies working in your jurisdiction is sufficient to deliver the needed law enforcement services (if applicable)?

Overall, do you believe the size of the workforce in the County Prosecutor's Office working in your jurisdiction is sufficient to deliver the needed law enforcement services? (among counties)

Would you, in your role as a local official, support or oppose your jurisdiction pursuing additional local funding for law enforcement services through either a new millage or special assessment?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that public perceptions of crime in your jurisdiction have a negative effect on economic development and/or tourism?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that people in your jurisdiction generally feel confident that law enforcement will arrive in time to handle an emergency?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that people in your jurisdiction generally feel confident that law enforcement will arrive in time to handle an emergency?

To what extent do you agree or disagree that   the primary law enforcement agency that serves your jurisdiction is more effective now than it was five years ago?

To what extent, if any, would you say violent crimes (e.g., rape, assault, homicide, etc.)  are currently (or have recently been) a problem in your jurisdiction?

To what extent, if any, would you say property crimes (e.g., burglary, vandalism, identity theft, embezzlement, etc.) are currently (or have recently been) a problem in your jurisdiction?

To what extent, if any, would you say drug crimes are currently (or have recently been) a problem in your jurisdiction?

To what extent, if any, would you say public-order offenses (e.g., DUI, weapons violations, disorderly conduct, traffic violations, etc.)  are currently (or have recently been) a problem in your jurisdiction?

To what extent, if any, would you say crime overall is currently (or has recently been) a problem in your jurisdiction?

Now, to the best of your knowledge, how likely or unlikely is it that the primary law enforcement agency working in your community will use the following practices in the near future, or are they already being used?

a.  Community policing (i.e., assigning officers to particular areas to build relationships with residents)