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ASPECTS OF PUBLIC SAFETY Solicited Sample Voluntary Sample Difference between
surveys
Quality of law enforcement (q5a) 24.0%
55.4% 0.0886
Fair/poor 31.3% 20.5% 0.0593
2.91
Good 52.5% 0.3417
26.9% 0.6617
Excellent 16.2% 59.9%
13.2% 0.0272
Mean Score 2.79 2.80 0.9907

Efforts to prevent crime (q5b) 13.9% 0.0206
52.5% 0.0225
Fair/poor 28.7% 33.6%
3.19 0.3812
Good 54.7% 0.2352
13.5%
Excellent 16.6% 52.9% 0.5499
33.6% 0.3375
Mean Score 2.82 3.16

Quality of emergency services (q5c) 12.0%
57.9%
Fair/poor 9.1% 30.1%
3.15
Good 62.3%
26.9%
Excellent 28.6% 58.0%
15.2%
Mean Score 3.19 2.84

Safety of neighborhood (q5d)

Fair/poor 20.8%

Good 53.1%

Excellent 26.1%

Mean Score 3.02

Safety of schools (q5e)

Fair/poor 15.2%

Good 58.3%

Excellent 26.5%

Mean Score 3.09

Ability to respond to major safety threats (q5f)

Fair/poor 25.8%

Good 55.7%

Excellent 18.5%

Mean Score 2.90

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