Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

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) 

Q4b.  If additional resources were available, do you think streamlining the hiring process (e.g., rolling testing opportunities, accelerated background checks, conditional offers, etc.) would most help your office/department recruit additional personnel and/or retain current personnel? (check all that apply) 

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

Q4i. 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)

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

Q9a.  If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would hiring new law enforcement officersbe a priority for allocating those funds? 

Q9b.  If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would increasing pay or benefits for current law enforcement officers be a priority for allocating those funds? 

Q9c.  If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would other recruitment/retention efforts be a priority for allocating those funds? 

Q9d. If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would mental health support for officers be a priority for allocating those funds?

Q9e. If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would additional or improved training for officers be a priority for allocating those funds?

Q9f.  If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would updating current equipment be a priority for allocating those funds?

Q9g. If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would investing in new technologies be a priority for allocating those funds?

Q9h. If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, would crisis response teams (e.g., trained mental health professionals that work with police to help with  de-escalation in crises) be a priority for allocating those funds? 

Q9i. If new state or federal funding for law enforcement became available to your office/department, which other issue would more specifically be a priority for allocating those funds?

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.) 

Q12d. 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?

d. Drug crimes