Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

Q2a. Overall, do you believe the size of the attorney workforce in your Prosecutor’s Office is sufficient to cover your workload (e.g., to have an attorney present at and prepared for all court hearings)?

Q2b. Overall, do you believe the size of the support staff workforce in your Prosecutor’s Office is sufficient to cover your workload?

Q3f. How much of a problem, if at all, are a lack of ongoing training opportunities for your office?

Q4a.  If additional resources were available, do you think increasing pay rates would be effective in helping your office recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel?

Q4b.  If additional resources were available, do you think increasing benefits would be effective in helping your office recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel?

Q4d.  If additional resources were available, do you think increasing nontraditional incentives would be effective in helping your office recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? 

Q4f.  If additional resources were available, do you think creating or expanding “pipeline” programs (e.g., formal affiliations with Michigan law schools, internships and apprenticeship opportunities, etc.) would be effective in helping your office recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel?  

Q4h.  If additional resources were available, do you think increasing opportunities for professional developmen and/or advancement would be effective in helping your office recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel?

Q6.   Do you think your county appropriates too much, about the right amount, or too little funding to meet your office’s current needs?

Q7.   Do you think your county appropriates too much, about the right amount, or too little funding to meet the Sheriff’s Office’s needs?

Q8a.   If new county, state, or federal funding became available to your office, would increasing pay and benefits for current Assistant Prosecutors be a priority for allocation?

Q8b.   If new county, state, or federal funding became available to your office, would hiring new Assistant Prosecutors be a priority for allocation?

Q12a.   How satisfied are you, overall, with the   State Police  working in your county?

Q13a.    Different types of crime are more prevalent in some communities than in others and may constitute different threats to public safety. To what extent would you say   violent crimes (e.g., rape, assault, homicide, etc.)   are currently (or have recently been) problems in your county?

Q13b.   Different types of crime are more prevalent in some communities than in others and may constitute different threats to public safety. To what extent would you say domestic violence/intimate partner violence   is currently (or has recently been) a problem in your county?

Q13c.   Different types of crime are more prevalent in some communities than in others and may constitute different threats to public safety. To what extent would you say property crimes (e.g., burglary, vandalism, identity theft, embezzlement, etc.)    are currently (or have recently been) problems in your county?

Q13d.   Different types of crime are more prevalent in some communities than in others and may constitute different threats to public safety. To what extent would you say drug crimes    are currently (or have recently been) problems in your county?

Q13e.   Different types of crime are more prevalent in some communities than in others and may constitute different threats to public safety. To what extent would you say   public-order offenses (e.g., DUI, weapons violations, disorderly conduct, traffic violations, etc.)     are currently (or have recently been) problems in your county?

Q13f.   Different types of crime are more prevalent in some communities than in others and may constitute different threats to public safety. To what extent would you say crime overall in communities in your county  is currently (or has recently been) a problem?

Q14a.   To what extent do you agree or disagree that most people in your county trust law enforcement officers?

Q14a.   To what extent do you agree or disagree that most people in your county trust law enforcement officers?

Q14b.   To what extent do you agree or disagree that   inappropriate use of force by law enforcement in your county is (or has recently been) an issue?

Q14c.   To what extent do you agree or disagree that you're concerned that a major incident of civil unrest connected to police use of force could happen in your county in the near future?

Q14d.   To what extent do you agree or disagree that most law enforcement officers in my county treat all people professionally regardless of their race, ethnicity, gender, or other characteristics?

Q17a.     Next, thinking about court costs and fees, would you, in your role as Prosecutor, support or oppose limiting the use of fines and fees in sentencing to those who are able to pay, and community service or other alternatives for those who are unable to pay?