New York Poll Finds Support for Stronger Police Solutions to Tackle Gun Violence
According to a poll of 800 adults commissioned by the conservative Manhattan Institute, 81 percent of New Yorkers strongly or somewhat support the re-launch of an anti-gun police unit, with 67 percent favoring a larger policing presence than currently exists.
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According to a poll of 800 adults commissioned by the conservative Manhattan Institute, 81 percent of New Yorkers strongly or somewhat support the re-launch of an anti-gun police unit, with 67 percent favoring a larger policing presence than currently exists, reports The Trace. However, 71 percent also support providing more services and treatment options for mental illness, and 56 percent want education or job training programs for low-level criminal offenders. Despite clear support for policing, respondents held far more ambivalent views about what should happen to people after arrest. While 50 percent supported prosecutors seeking jail time for gun possession when no crime had been committed, 35 percent favored a non-carceral solution and 6 percent opposed any prosecution.
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