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Presentation to Santa Barbara Police Department on Results of Resident Survey

2003

Giles, Howard;
Fortman, Jennifer;
Dailey, Rene;
Anderson, Michelle Chernikoff

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Citizens’ Survey of Santa Barbara Police Department
Research Team
Profile of respondents (n=766 useable from 945 completed)
Overview
Respondent demographic profile
Respondent-profile of beats by gender and ethnicity
Education level of respondent by ethnicityrange 1-7 (1=<elementary school; 7=graduate degree)
Much fine detail exists on what our sample looks like…and many statistically different patterns emerged demographically…
Findings7-pt. Scales (1=least; 7 = most)
Amount of contact with SBPD by beat 7-pt. Scales (1=none; 7 = more than 11)
Reported contact with SBPD by ethnicity 7-pt. Scales (1=none; 7 = more than11)
Expressed willingness to report crime to SBPD by age 7-pt. Scales (1=never; 7 = always)
Willingness to report crime to SBPD by gender 7-pt. Scales (1=never; 7 = always)
Perceived positive media portrayals of police by age of respondent 7-pt. Scales (1=very negative; 7 = very positive)
Perceived positive media portrayals of police: Beat by ethnicity
Respondents’ estimated % of Officers with B.A.s 7-pt. Scales (1= 0 –9%; 7 = 100%)
Respondents’ estimated % of Officers with M.A.s by gender and beat
Concerns or complaints about SBPD (Open-ended items coded 99% reliably by two independent coders)
Matters approved of(99% reliably coded)
Changes ideally(coded reliably 99%)
Meanings attributed to “community-oriented policing” (reliably coded 99%)
Conclusions
Conclusions contd….
Citizens’ Survey of Santa Barbara Police DepartmentMarch 25, 2003
~ extra data not presented given time constraints ~
Profile of respondent ages by gender
Profile of beat by age
Education of respondent: Beat by age
Length of time in residence: Beat by age
Length of residence in Santa Barbara: Age by gender
Length of time in Santa Barbara: Age by ethnicity

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