The use of at-home DNA testing kits has raised concerns about whether consumers are comfortable with the use of their data by police.
Roughly half of Americans (48%) say it is acceptable for DNA testing companies to share customers’ genetic data with law enforcement agencies to help solve crimes. Fewer – a third – say this is unacceptable, while 18% are unsure.
People invest their trust in institutions and those who have power for a variety of reasons. Researchers have found that people’s confidence in others and
People invest their trust in institutions and those who have power for a variety of reasons. Researchers have found that people’s confidence in others and organizations can include their judgments about the competence, honesty and benevolence of the organizations or individuals they are assessing, as well as factors such as empathy, openness, integrity and accountability. These perceptions can be seen as building blocks of trust.
While the presence of sworn officers at U.S. public secondary schools has become more common over the past decade, many schools report that these officers were only present at specific times rather than throughout the entire school day in 2015-16.
Sworn law enforcement officers routinely carried a firearm in the vast majority (93%) of U.S. public secondary schools where such officers were present.
When asked to rate various groups on a “feeling thermometer,” Americans give warmer ratings to military members and teachers and cooler ratings to partisans. Democrats give warmer ratings to educators, while Republicans have warmer views of the military and law enforcement.
Many Americans believe it is common for police officers to fire their guns. Yet, only about a quarter (27%) of all officers say they have ever fired their service weapon while on the job. Read more.
About eight-in-ten police officers (81%) who work in departments of 100 or more sworn officers say the media generally treat the police unfairly. Just 18% of officers disagree. Read more.
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