Report Summary
A Public Briefing on confidence in policing, with a particular focus around the COVID-19 pandemic. Published in October 2021.
Confidence in policing – dealing with incidents
The majority of respondents across the Waves felt ‘Very/Fairly confident’ in the ability of police to deal with incidents as they occurred.
As with ‘Responding Quickly’, the proportion has decreased over the Waves from 70% in Wave 1 to 60% in Wave 4. However, again this is similar to levels in SCJS 2019/20 (64%).
At the same time, ‘Not very/Not at all confident’ increased from 19% to 29%.
Alt text: graph 5 interpreted as follows:
Wave 1 - Very/Fairly Confident 70%. Not Very/Not At All Confident 19%. Don't Know 11%.
Wave 2 - Very/Fairly Confident 61%. Not Very/Not At All Confident 22%. Don't Know 16%.
Wave 4 - Very/Fairly Confident 60%. Not Very/Not At All Confident 29%. Don't Know 10%.
