Jefferson Township Public Safety

Jefferson Township Public Safety Survey

Since 1995 Jefferson Township has had a contract with the Montgomery County Sheriff Department to provide public safety sevices to residents. The current contract expires at the end of 2022. The Trustees are interested in feedback from Residents about services and how to improve the quality of service.

Jefferson Township Board of Trustees invites you to take this "Community Survey on Public Safety and Law Enforcement." This survey will take approximately five minutes and is completely confidential. Your participation in this survey will help our agency to improve its services, processes, and reputation. The survey is designed to gather opinions and experiences from the members of our community.

The survey assesses five key components that involve your local law enforcement agency:
*Community Involvement
*Safety
*Procedural Justice
*Performance
*Contact and Satisfaction

You may come into contact with multiple law enforcement agencies, but please answer the questions thinking only about the service in our community.

Please indicate your response to each item by selecting the appropriate answer based on your feelings, opinions, and experiences. You may skip any survey items you do not feel comfortable responding to or know how to answer, but we encourage you to respond to as many items as possible. This is not a test, and there are no right or wrong answers.

Please answer each question honestly.

If you would prefer to submit a survey in person, paper copies are available at the Jefferson Township Administration building Monday-Friday 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 580 Calumet Lane, Dayton, OH 45417. Survey responses will be accepted from October 5, 2022 until October 31, 2022

Thank you for taking the time to help our agency better serve the community!

1. To what extent does our law enforcement agency:

Develop relationships with community members (e.g., residents, organizations and groups) ?

Regularly communicate with community members (e.g., websites, e-mails, or public meetings)?

Make it easy for community members to provide input (e.g., comments, suggestions, and concern)?

Work together with community members to solve problems?

Community policing involves officers in your law enforcement agency working with the community to address the causes of crime in an effort to reduce the problems themselves through a wide range of activities. Based on this definition, to what extent do you think your law enforcement agency practices community policing?

Please select the three (3) issues you think are the greatest problems within your community

To what extent do you feel safe in your community when you are outside alone during the day?

To what extent do you feel safe in your community when you are outside alone at night?

To what extent are you satisfied with the overall performance of your law enforcement agency ?

Over the last 12 months, Have you had contact with your law enforcement agency for traffic issues (e.g., citation, warning, or vehicle crash)?

If you had contact for traffic issues, to what extent are you satisfied with your interaction(s) with your law enforcement agency for traffic issues

Over the last 12 months, Have you had contact with your law enforcement agency for 911 emergency calls

If you had contact for 911 emergency calls, to what extent are you satisfied with your interaction(s) with your law enforcement agency for 911 emergency calls?

Over the last 12 months, Have you had contact with your law enforcement agency for non-emergency calls (e.g., to report a crime or suspicious activity)?

If you had contact for non-emergency calls, to what extent are you satisfied with your interaction(s) with your law enforcement agency for 911 emergency calls?

Over the last 12 months, Have you had contact with your law enforcement agency for issues related to shootings, drug selling, speeding issues with neighbors/ in your neighborhood?

If you had contact with your law enforcement agency for issues related to shootings, drug selling, speeding issues with neighbors/ in your neighborhood, to what extent are you satisfied with the interaction(s) ?

Over the last 12 months, Have you had contact with your law enforcement agency for other contact or interactions (e.g., attend a community meeting or talk to an officer on patrol)?

If you had contact for other interactions, to what extent are you satisfied with your interaction(s) with your law enforcement agency for other contacts or interactions?

Over the last 12 months, to what extent have your feelings of safety in your community increased, decreased, or stayed the same?

Not sureIncreasedDecreasedStayed the same

Over the last 12 months, to what extent do officers in your law enforcement agency treat people fairly?

Over the last 12 months, to what extent do officers in your law enforcement agency show concern for community members?

Over the last 12 months, to what extent do officers in your law enforcement agency treat people with respect?

To what extent is your law enforcement agency responsive to the concerns of community members

To what extent do you trust your law enforcement agency

If you had contact with an officer in law enforcement during the last 12 months, to what extent did the officer sufficiently explain his or her actions and procedures?

To what extent is your law enforcement agency - Effective at proactively preventing crime?

To what extent is your law enforcement agency - Addressing the problems that really concern you?

Would you be interested in attending educational opportunities hosted by Jefferson Township Administration?

YesNoMaybe

What type of interest would you like to attend? (i.e., Identity Fraud, Citizen Police Academy, Ohio Liquor Laws, etc.,)

Type Answer Here

How long have you been a resident of Jefferson Township

Type Answer Here

How do you identify

MaleFemalePrefer not to answer

Are you Hispanic or Latino

YesNoPrefer not to answer

What is your race?

What is your age group