• Criminal Justice
• WSICOP
• WRICOPS

Executive abstract & highlights

An Assessment of Public Perceptions Toward the Pullman Police Department.

• Sixty-eight percent of respondents indicated that they either "strongly agree" or "agree" that the Pullman Police Department does a good job of providing both quality and level of service in the community.

• The most frequently reported problems residents confront in their neighborhoods are parking problems (51.6%). Concerning violent crime, 30.2 percent of respondents indicated that rape was either "a problem" or a "serious problem."

• Over sixty-five percent of survey participants indicated that they believe that the Pullman police are "usually fair and courteous."

• A considerable majority of Pullman residents (82%) indicated that they either "strongly disagree" or "disagree" with the notion that only the Pullman Police Department can control crime in Pullman.

• Only 8.9 percent of residents surveyed indicated that they agree that "good police officers" maintain peace by making frequent arrests.

• Seventy-four percent of respondents reported they were either "very satisfied" or satisfied" with their neighborhood--the remaining 21.8 percent reported they were "somewhat satisfied."

• Over eighty-eight percent of survey participants indicated they either "agree" or "strongly agree" that Community Oriented Policing is a good use of police resources.

• The most frequent type of victimization reported by Pullman residents was vandalism (30.2%) which was followed closely by larceny (27.9%).

• Residents of "College Hill" account for the smallest percentage of neighborhood residents reporting either to "agree" or "strongly disagree" that the Pullman Police Department does a good job at providing both quality and level of service in the community.

• Focus group data reveal that W.S.U. off-campus student participants consistently rate the Pullman Police Department in more negative terms than do on-campus, minority, and international students.

• Focus group data for Pullman High School students reveal that 10 percent of student participants hold positive perceptions of the Pullman Police Department--while 10 percent remain neutral and 80 percent hold negative perceptions.