Table 2 Police chief responses (n = 276) to addiction and policing items
Item (lower anchor/upper anchor) | Item n (%) | Response n (%), or Health n (%)-Safety n (%) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1–3 | 4 | 5–7 | 7 | |||||
1. Officer discretion in arrest (not at discretion/at discretion)a | 276 (100%) | 3 (2.1%)-5 (3.8%) | 14 (9.8%)-18 (13.5%) | 21 (14.7%)-23 (17.3%) | 108 (75.5%)-92 (69.2%) | 32 (22.4%)-34 (25.6%) | |||
2. Officer trust in arrest (strongly disagree/strongly agree)b | 275 (99.6%) | 1 (0.7%)-1 (0.8%) | 3 (2.1%)-3 (2.3%) | 7 (4.9%)-1 (0.7%) | 132 (93.0%)-129 (97.0%) | 57 (40.1%)-70 (52.6%) | |||
3. Effective opioid overdose response (strongly disagree/strongly agree) | 276 (100%) | 0 (0.0%) | 12 (4.3%) | 22 (8.0%) | 242 (87.7%) | 77 (27.9%) | |||
4. Effective methamphetamine overdose response (strongly disagree/strongly agree) | 276 (100%) | 3 (1.1%) | 28 (10.1%) | 46 (16.7%) | 202 (73.2%) | 46 (16.7%) | |||
5. Interest in methamphetamine de-escalation (strongly disagree/strongly agree) | 260 (94.2%) | 3 (1.2%) | 7 (2.7%) | 19 (7.3%) | 234 (90.0%) | 97 (37.3%) | |||
6. Officer risk of fentanyl exposure (strongly disagree/strongly agree) | 273 (98.9%) | 7 (2.6%) | 12 (4.4%) | 12 (4.4%) | 249 (91.2%) | 152 (55.7%) | |||
7. Reason for illegal use of buprenorphine (strongly disagree/strongly agree)c | 154 (55.6%) | 3 (3.3%)-6 (9.4%) | 11 (12.2%)-9 (14.1%) | 24 (26.7%)-14 (21.9%) | 55 (61.1%)-41 (64.1%) | 12 (13.3%)-11 (17.2%) | |||
1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | ||||
8. Rank substance (most harmful/least harmful)d, e | |||||||||
Cocaine | 272 (98.6%) | 1 (0.7%)-3 (2.3%) | 6 (4.3%)-14 (10.6%) | 25 (17.9%)-22 (16.7%) | 43 (30.7%)-47 (35.6%) | 51 (36.4%)-38 (28.8%) | 14 (10.0%)-8 (6.1%) | ||
Heroin/fentanyl/opioids | 272 (98.6%) | 80 (57.1%)-69 (52.3%) | 29 (20.7%)-33 (25.0%) | 14 (10.0%)-17 (12.9%) | 12 (8.6%)-9 (6.8%) | 1 (1.4%)-2 (1.5%) | 3 (2.1%)-2 (1.5%) | ||
Alcohol | 271 (98.2%) | 26 (18.6%)-27 (20.8%) | 30 (21.4%)-16 (12.2%) | 36 (25.7%)-29 (22.0%) | 14 (10.0%)-15 (11.5%) | 20 (14.3%)-19 (14.5%) | 14 (10.0%)-24 (18.5%) | ||
Methamphetamine | 271 (98.2%) | 28 (20.0%)-33 (25.2%) | 56 (40.0%)-51 (38.9%) | 28 (20.0%)-20 (15.3%) | 13 (9.3%)-10 (7.6%) | 8 (5.7%)-8 (6.1%) | 7 (5.0%)-9 (6.9%) | ||
Cannabis | 272 (98.6%) | 5 (3.4%)-3 (2.3%) | 10 (7.1%)-9 (6.8%) | 14 (10.0%)-13 (9.9%) | 23 (16.4%)-23 (17.4%) | 16 (11.4%)-29 (22.0%) | 72 (51.4%)-55 (41.7%) | ||
Crack cocaine | 272 (98.6%) | 1 (0.7%)-2 (1.5%) | 11 (7.9%)-9 (6.8%) | 21 (15.0%)-32 (24.2%) | 36 (25.7%)-30 (22.7%) | 39 (27.9%)-25 (18.9%) | 32 (22.9%)-34 (25.8%) | ||