Student - led research - our method
I decided to create a survey for my student-led research. I chose to do my research this way because I wanted to get the opinions of individuals on the militarization of police. This connects to my driving question the answers of the individuals show how the militarization of police impacts the community.
Survey questions
- How old are you?
- According to the images below, which one of the figures looks more like a typical police officer?
- Would you trust law enforcement officers if they were militarized?
- Do you think investing in military equipment will improve policing practices?
- Is it essential for police departments to buy military equipment?
- What do you think is the MOST IMPORTANT reason why police departments are investing in military gear such as riot gear, assault rifles, grenade launchers, drones, etc?
- What do you think police departments should spend more money on? Choose one of the following as your top priority.military equipment-community policing having citizens be active helpers of the police-more training for police officers-outreach programs with community members
- To what extent do you think militarized police officers can make citizens feel safe?
- Do you think militarized police officers should use their military equipment at all times or only in a state of emergency? (a state of emergency such as a disaster, civil unrest, attack, or a war)
- Do you think police officers should be given military equipment: armored vehicles, machine guns, tear gas, grenade launchers, assault rifles, etc.
- What do you feel when you see a police officer in riot gear?
I asked these questions because they relate to our driving question since they are about the militarization of police officers and how that impacts the community.
I surveyed students at Mendez to see what they think about the militarization of police officers. This affects the answers I got to the questions because some students may be anti-police while others might be pro-police. This might be a limitation of my research since -I wasn’t able to get more responses and an experts opinion on the subject. These survey results may inform me on constructing a resolution on people’s opinions on the militarization of police by their responses, which would lessen the problem of the militarization of police.
Survey results
Survey Link:
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