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STATISTICS FOR FACE

TO FACE CONTACTS

WITH POLICE

An estimated 40 million U.S.

residents age 16 or older, or

about 17 percent of the

population, had a face-to-face

contact with a police officer in

2008

[According to the Bureau of

Justice Statistics]

This is a continuing decrease

in contact between police and

the public, down from 19

percent of residents who hadcontact with the police in 2005

and 21 percent who had

contact in 2002.

These findings are based on

the Police-Public Contact

Survey (PPCS), conducted

every three years since 1999.

The PPCS, a supplement to

the National Crime

Victimization Survey (NCVS),

consists of a nationally

representative sample of U.S.

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residents age 16 or

older. Nearly 60,000

people participated in

the most recent PPCS,

which was conducted

during the last six

months of 2008.

About five million fewer

residents had face-to-

face contact with the

police in 2008,

compared to the 45

million residents who

had police contact in

2002.

1# Reason: traffic

stop

During this period, the

most common situation

in which people came

into contact with thepolice was as a driver

in a traffic stop.

1# Reason: Report

a Crime

The second most

common reason for

contact with police

continued to be

reporting a crime or

problem, although the

number of contacts that

occurred for this reason

decreased. Nearly 12

million residents said

their most recent

contact in 2002 was to

report a crime or

problem to police,

compared to about 8

million residents in

2008.

90% Approval

Rating

Among people who had

face-to-face contact in

2008, about nine out of

10 residents felt the

police were respectful

or acted properly during

their most recent

contact that year.

About half of drivers

who were pulled over

by police said that they

were stopped for speeding.

85% Stop Legit

Most drivers (85

percent) who were

pulled over by police

during 2008 believed

they were stopped for a

legitimate reason.



ADDITIONAL FACTS

Among persons who drove a motor vehicle during

2008, about eight percent reported that their most

recent contact with police in 2008 occurred as a

driver in a traffic stop.

Police conducted a search of the driver or the

vehicle in about five percent of traffic stops in

2008. Black drivers (12.3 percent) were about

three times as likely as white drivers (3.9 percent)

and about two times as likely as Hispanic drivers

(5.8 percent) to be searched during a traffic stop.

Police issued a traffic ticket to more than half of

drivers (55 percent) during a traffic stop, arrested

about three percent of drivers, and issued

warnings or took no action during the remaining

stops.

An estimated 1.4 percent of residents said the

police used or threatened to use force against

them during their most recent contact with police

In 2008, which was not statistically different from

the percentages reported in 2002 (1.5 percent)

and 2005 (1.6 percent). A majority (74 percent) of

the people who said that police used or threatened force against them in 2008 said they

felt it was excessive.

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