Local Leaders Say Police-Community Relations are Good Throughout Michigan, But Those In Large Cities are Concerned About Potential Unrest Over Police Use-of-Force
Michigan Public Policy Survey, February 2016
14 Pages Posted: 25 Feb 2016
Date Written: February 2, 2016
Abstract
This report presents Michigan local government leaders’ assessments of police-community relations, concern over the potential for civil unrest, and the use of a range of law enforcement policies, practices, and equipment in their jurisdiction. The findings are based on statewide surveys of local government leaders in the Fall 2015 wave of the Michigan Public Policy Survey (MPPS).
Keywords: Local government, law enforcement, police-community relations, police militarization, civil unrest, Ferguson
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation
Mills, Sarah and Ivacko, Thomas M., Local Leaders Say Police-Community Relations are Good Throughout Michigan, But Those
In Large Cities are Concerned About Potential Unrest Over Police Use-of-Force (February 2, 2016). Michigan Public Policy Survey, February 2016, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2737454 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2737454
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