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Appendixes 59<br />
FUTURE EXPECTATIONS<br />
For each of the follow<strong>in</strong>g statements about how polic<strong>in</strong>g could change <strong>in</strong> the next 2 to 5<br />
years please rate the follow<strong>in</strong>g statements from 1 to 5. (1=Strongly Disagree, 2=Disagree,<br />
3=No Op<strong>in</strong>ion, 4=Agree, 5=Strongly Agree)<br />
Police Functions and Department Structure<br />
18. Local agencies will focus more resources on data collection, crime analysis, and real-time<br />
<strong>in</strong>telligence.<br />
Strongly Disagree Disagree No Op<strong>in</strong>ion Agree Strongly Agree<br />
0.5% 0.5% 3.7% 35.1% 60.1%<br />
Nearly all agencies (95.2 percent) agree or strongly agree that local agencies will focus more<br />
resources on data collection, crime analysis, and real-time <strong>in</strong>telligence.<br />
19. Agencies will place less emphasis on community polic<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
Strongly Disagree Disagree No Op<strong>in</strong>ion Agree Strongly Agree<br />
39.0% 36.9% 9.6% 11.8% 2.7%<br />
Three quarters of agencies (75.9 percent) disagree or strongly disagree with the idea that<br />
agencies will place less emphasis on community polic<strong>in</strong>g.<br />
20. Agencies will direct more resources toward identify<strong>in</strong>g undocumented immigrants and<br />
enforc<strong>in</strong>g immigration laws.<br />
Strongly Disagree Disagree No Op<strong>in</strong>ion Agree Strongly Agree<br />
23.9% 42.6% 22.3% 9.0% 2.1%<br />
Two thirds of agencies (66.5 percent) disagree or strongly disagree with the idea that<br />
agencies will direct more resources toward identify<strong>in</strong>g undocumented immigrants and<br />
enforc<strong>in</strong>g immigration laws.
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