THE NEXT LOS ANGELES / TURNING IDEAS INTO ACTION : Public Safety : Can we agree on down-to-earth steps to ensure that community-based policing actually will work? : THE TIMES POLL : How to make L.A. County Safer From Crime
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Resident’s top recommendations for making L.A. County safer from crime. (Accepted up to two replies):
More police: 35%
Tougher laws, tougher sentences for criminals: 15%
Crack down on gangs: 19%
More police involvement in the community: 6%
Improve education system: 5% Who’s most responsible for making L.A. County safer from crime?
Government: 35%
Family: 24%
Individual: 20%
Schools: 4%
Religious Institutions: 2%
Business: 2%
All equally: 10%
Would you spend a few hours every few months volunteering to make L.A. County safer from crime?
Yes: 60%
No: 35%
Don’t know: 5% Which one of these ideas do you think would be most effective?
Make sure convicts serve their sentences: 27%
Automate police stations: 21%
Housing subsidies for police officers: 14%
Organize “graffiti paint-outs”: 13%
teach teen-agers about sexual violence: 8%
Create defensible spaces: 7%
Other/None: 5%
Note: Numbers may not add up to 100% because some responses are not shown.
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