In a unique survey of 437 residents of Pennsylvania’s 1st Congressional District, majorities of Republicans and Democrats agreed on all but two of nine different police reform measures now under consideration in Congress. Majorities of Democrats and independents favored every proposal, while majorities of Republicans favored seven of the nine proposals and judged one of the others to be at least ”tolerable.”
The results were revealed at a special Zoom meeting of a “Reader Advisory Panel” attended by Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick and organized by the area’s hometown papers, the Bucks County Courier Times and The Intelligencer, who were joined by local Black and Latino community leaders.
The survey, conducted by the Program for Public Consultation (PPC) of the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, showed that overwhelming majorities of Republicans and Democrats favored requiring officers to wear body cameras and intervene in cases when another officer is using excessive force, as well as the creation of a national registry of police misconduct. CONT.
Program for Public Consultation, School of Public Policy, U. of Maryland