JSU Fall 2015 Report

Overall positive ratings, between September 2014 and October 2015, declined somewhat on
a composite basis nationally as well as within southern states. The table presented here
depicts the results as collected.
Rating Police and
Police Departments:
Positive Ratings of
1-4
My local police
department overall
The police officers in
National:
Positive
Rating
Sept/2014
National:
Positive
Rating
Oct/2015
South:
Positive
Rating
Sept/2014
South:
Positive
Rating
Oct/2015
68.6 55.4 61.7 58.7
68.2 54.4 60.9 55.9
my community
State police officers 60.9 53.5 56.4 57.7
TSA officers at airports 41.0 36.6 31.6 37.6
The following table presents more detail on a national basis for the 2015 positive ratings (1-
4) as well as neutral ratings of 5-6 and negative ratings of 7-10.
Rating Police and Police
Departments:
NATIONAL
My local police department
overall
The police officers in my
National
Positive 1-4
National
Neutral 5-6
National
Negative 7-10
55.4 20.6 19.0
54.4 20.0 19.7
community
State police officers 53.5 19.0 19.6
TSA officers at airports 36.6 23.5 21.7
The following table presents the detail among southern state respondents for the 2015
positive ratings (1-4), neutral ratings of 5-6 and negative ratings of 7-10.
Rating Police and Police
Departments:
SOUTHERN STATES
My local police department
overall
The police officers in my
South
Positive 1-4
South
Neutral 5-6
South
Negative 7-10
58.7 16.9 19.7
55.9 17.9 20.2
community
State police officers 57.7 17.3 16.9
TSA officers at airports 37.6 22.5 19.7
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