Survey Finds Majority of Americans in "Fragile" Communities Support Police
Monday, February 5th, 2018 -- 8:00 AM
(AP) -A majority of Americans living in struggling communities say they have respect for and confidence in the police who patrol their neighborhoods, according to a survey released Sunday.More than 7 in 10 Americans who live in these communities said they have some or a lot of confidence in the police who patrol their neighborhoods, according to the State of Opportunity in America survey. The numbers go up even higher when asked about respect for the police: 86 percent of people in struggling neighborhoods said they had some or a lot of respect for their local police. The survey looks at the relationship between police and "fragile" communities, described as locations with high proportions of people struggling in their daily lives who also have limited opportunities for social mobility.
Those same neighborhoods used to be called disadvantaged and at-risk, noted Gerard Robinson, executive director of the Center for Advancing Opportunity. The term "fragile" is a better descriptor, Robinson said. The survey, conducted from May to August 2017, was mailed to 28,000 people in both urban and rural areas of the United States to get 6,000 completed surveys.
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