Militarized policing not so popular


Study also finds that images of cops in military gear diminish support for increasing funding to police agencies.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/08/22/militarized-policing-doesnt-reduce-crime-and-disproportionately-hits-black-communities/

The high militarization treatment also caused support for police funding in the United States to fall by roughly four points in the M-Turk survey and two points in the SSI survey. Support for funding the department in the news article fell as well.

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