Texas study shows majority of interactions with officers end in conversation
By: policeone.com
ARANSAS PASS, Texas — Researchers at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi have released results of a study reviewing how police interact with civilians.
The 12-month study researched body camera footage from the Aransas Pass Police Department with the goal of determining whether specific factors, such as race and gender, correlate with the nature and outcomes of interactions.
“The majority of citizens have few personal interactions with police, but what they do have is a constant barrage of negative exposure to police-citizen interactions via the news or social media,” said Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Dr. Wendi Pollock. “Studying the number and nature of police-citizen contacts can potentially increase transparency between the two units, thereby improving safety, trust, and quality of these interactions.”
