75% of voters, including most Republicans and most Democrats, support their city creating a community safety department that would function as a separate and coequal city department alongside the police and fire departments. Among Democrats, support sits at 88%.
Most police academies require between 800-900 hours of basic training to become a sworn police officer. Voters are more likely to say that a similar number of hours—1,000—is sufficient for training members of a community safety department than they are to say 100 hours is sufficient.
- While 52% of voters said that “approximately 100 hours of training” was sufficient, 73% of voters said that “approximately 1000 hours of training” was sufficient.
