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    September 24, 2018
    1. Police culture

    Younger officers worry more often about their physical safety

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    1. Police culture

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    White officers differ from blacks and Hispanics over when it’s appropriate to break department rules
    About six-in-ten officers say their work nearly always or often makes them feel proud
    Administrators about twice as likely as rank-and-file officers to have participated in a community event in the past month
    White and Hispanic officers, more than blacks, report being verbally abused by community members
    For many officers, being thanked and verbally abused are commonplace
    Male officers, whites more likely to have fired service weapon on duty
    Men, newer officers more likely to report violent encounters with resistant suspects
    Younger officers worry more often about their physical safety
    White officers less likely than other groups to say accountability a motive
    Race and rank linked to feelings about police work
    Do Americans understand the challenges police face on the job?
    Some officers say tough, aggressive tactics are needed with some people in some neighborhoods
    Most officers say protests mainly motivated by bias toward police
    Most white, Latino officers say fatal encounters between blacks and police are isolated incidents; majority of black officers disagree
    Impact of fatal incidents involving blacks felt more by large departments than by small agencies
    Roughly two-thirds of officers say they favor the use of body cameras
    About half say disciplinary process in their department is fair
    Most officers say their department has too few officers to police the community
    Majority of full-time officers are in agencies with at least 100 officers
    White officers more likely than black officers to have had a physical altercation with a suspect
    The dual nature of police work: For officers, emotions and experiences are often in conflict
    Police, public divided by race over whether attaining equality requires more changes
    Majority of police say fatal police-black encounters are isolated incidents; majority of the public says they point to a bigger problem
    Officers say fatal encounters between police and blacks have made policing harder
    White officers differ from blacks and Hispanics over when it’s appropriate to break department rules
    Race and rank linked to feelings about police work
    About six-in-ten officers say their work nearly always or often makes them feel proud
    Administrators about twice as likely as rank-and-file officers to have participated in a community event in the past month
    White and Hispanic officers, more than blacks, report being verbally abused by community members
    For many officers, being thanked and verbally abused are commonplace
    Most police say the public doesn’t understand the risks they face
    Male officers, whites more likely to have fired service weapon on duty
    Men, newer officers more likely to report violent encounters with resistant suspects
    Younger officers worry more often about their physical safety
    About six-in-ten police officers see themselves as protectors and enforcers
    About four-in-ten officers say they are formally or informally expected to meet a certain number of arrests or tickets
    Most officers favor a requirement to intervene when another officer is about to use unnecessary force
    More police worry their fellow officers will not act quickly enough than worry they will act too quickly
    About a third of officers say, when put to the test, use-of-force guidelines in their department are very useful
    Officers in larger departments are more likely to say their use-of-force guidelines are too restrictive
    Officers in large agencies less likely to say their department has trained and equipped them very well
    About four-in-ten officers say their department has done very well in training them adequately for their job
    Most officers say their department has too few officers to police the community
    Officers in smaller agencies more likely to agree that their agency’s disciplinary process is fair
    For minor mistakes, more officers today agree coaching is used vs. punishment
    Officers’ assessments of key aspects of the disciplinary process are mixed
    For assignments and promotions, about four-in-ten female officers say men are treated better than women
    In 2013, racial and ethnic minorities accounted for about a quarter of the police force and women made up about one-in-eight police officers
    About half of black officers say whites are treated better than minorities in assignments and promotions
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