Can you help with short survey regarding police traffic stops?

Project Title: Citizen’s Perception of Police Attitude


Department: Sociology


Course: Senior Seminar


I understand that my identity will not be revealed in any way through my participation in this study. I will not write my name on this document and the results will not be reported in a way that will reveal individual participants. If I choose to participate, I will complete and return this document to the distributor.


PLEASE CIRCLE YOUR BEST CHOICE OF ANSWER.


1. What is your gender?


1.) Male


2.) Female


2. What is your age?


Years Old


3. What is your ethnicity?


1.) White/Caucasian


2.) Hispanic/Latino


3.) African American


4.) Other


4. How would you describe the community you live in?


1.) Suburban


2.) Rural


3.) Urban


4.) Other


5. Within the last two years, have you ever been stopped by the police while driving?


1.) Yes


2.) No


6. Within the last two years, how many times have you been stopped by the police while driving?





Please answer the following questions according to the last encounter with a police during a traffic stop.


7. Would you describe the police officer as:


1.) White/Caucasian


2.) Hispanic/Latino


3.) African American


4.) Other Please explain:


8. What type of car were you driving that day?


Year of car:


Model of car:


9. What type of clothes were you wearing?


1.) Casual clothing (T-shirt, Jeans, Sweatpants etc.)


2.) Business Attire (Business Suit, Dress, etc.)


3.) Work clothing (Overalls, Jumpsuit, etc.)


4.) Other Please explain:





10. Date of traffic stop? (Approximately)


(MM/DD/YYYY)


11. Time of traffic stop? (Approximately)


A.M or P. M.





12. City and State of traffic stop?





13. What was the reason for the traffic stop?











14.What was the officer’s attitude? (Rude, Polite, etc.)








15. Did you feel discriminated against in any way?


1.) Yes


2.) No


16. If you felt discriminated against, did you file a complaint?


1.) Yes


2.) No


17. Did the police search your car?


1.) Yes


2.) No


18. Did you get arrested?


1.) Yes


2.) No





19. What was the outcome or result of the traffic stop? (Traffic ticket, Warning only, etc.)


Please explain:

Can you help with short survey regarding police traffic stops?
No,





white/Caucasian is not a ethnicity.


White is a color %26amp; Caucasian is a race.


Tell your teacher this is a flawed survey from the beginning.





I don't think anyone is going to answer this if they have any charges pending against them either.
Reply:If you active your email you might get some answers. I wouldn't put this much stuff out publically. It's hard to say my identity won't get revealed when it is trackable on here at least by Yahoo. Good luck!
Reply:I started to answer your survey, and as I progressed down the list, I noticed that the survery was concentrating more on discrmination rather than a true survey of how the average American feels about law enforcement in general.





I can safely say that in my nearly 30 years experience as a Police Officer, dealing with officers from other agencies and federal law enforcement agents, I've never met or worked with anyone that had or developed a particular method of operating based on the race of the person(s) being encountered.





The Los Angeles Police Department ran a recruiting campaign several years ago, in which a video montage showed LAPD officers of all different races.. all in uniform. The voiceover at the end of the commercial said "The Los Angeles Police Department.. we only see one color.. BLUE!"


And thats how the vast majority of officers I know of conduct themselves.





As A**hole is an A**hole, regardless of skin color, gender, religious or political bent.. etc. If you screw up, you're going to jail.
Reply:Sorry but my answer is NO I will not take your survey.
Reply:PLEASE CIRCLE YOUR BEST CHOICE OF ANSWER.


1. What is your gender?


1.) Male





2. What is your age?


28 Years Old


3. What is your ethnicity?


1.) White/Caucasian





4. How would you describe the community you live in?


3.) Urban (I live in a the city limits of a major US city, but not in a "dense" urban environment. I live in a townhouse in a nice neighborhood.





5. Within the last two years, have you ever been stopped by the police while driving?


1.) Yes





6. Within the last two years, how many times have you been stopped by the police while driving?


2





Please answer the following questions according to the last encounter with a police during a traffic stop.


7. Would you describe the police officer as:


1.) White/Caucasian


2.) Hispanic/Latino





8. What type of car were you driving that day?


Year of car: 1994, 2007


Model of car: Dodge Spirit (My beater), Ford Focus (my gas saver)





9. What type of clothes were you wearing?


1.) Casual clothing (T-shirt, Jeans, Sweatpants etc.)


2.) Business Attire (Business Suit, Dress, etc.)





10. Date of traffic stop? (Approximately)


Summer 2007


Winter 2008





11. Time of traffic stop? (Approximately)


PM





12. City and State of traffic stop?


Kansas City Missouri


Liberty Missouri (suburb of Kansas City)





13. What was the reason for the traffic stop?


Speed for both





14.What was the officer’s attitude? (Rude, Polite, etc.)


Polite (even before they found out I was a police officer)





15. Did you feel discriminated against in any way?


2.) No. I was speeding both times and deserved to be pulled over.





16. If you felt discriminated against, did you file a complaint?


N/A





17. Did the police search your car?


2.) No





18. Did you get arrested?


2.) No





19. What was the outcome or result of the traffic stop? (Traffic ticket, Warning only, etc.)


Warning on both stops.








BTW, not to step on your survey and I'm not exactly sure what your assignment is, but here is a good resource for you:


http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/sandlle.htm





From the section about traffic stops:


Police-Public Contact





In a nationwide survey conducted in 2005--





* Speeding was the most common reason for being pulled over, accounting for 53.3% of all traffic stops in 2005.


* The majority of drivers stopped by police felt they had been stopped for legitimate reason (86.2%).


* About 1% of the 17.8 million drivers pulled over by police in 2005 felt police had used or threatened excessive force against them.
Reply:How am I supposed to circle my answer? Now I've got pen marks all over my computer monitor!

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