Michigan Public Policy Survey Questions and Data Tables

Q2a. Overall, do you believe the size of the workforce in your Sheriff’s Office or police department is sufficient to deliver the needed services?

Q2b. Overall, do you believe the size of the workforce in your Sheriff’s Office or police department is sufficient to deliver the needed services?

Q3a. How much of a problem is recruiting qualified officers for your office/department?

Q3b. How much of a problem is retaining current officers for your office/department? 

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

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? 

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?

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?