Americans’ respect for police has reached its highest since the late 1960s, a new poll has shown. Three in four Americans, or 76 percent, said they have “a great deal” of respect for police in their areas. Although 2016 has also been shaken with tension between police and civilians that violence seemed to have little influence on people’s overall opinion of officers.
Americans’ respect for police has reached its highest since the late 1960s, a new poll has shown. Despite racial tensions and police brutality in black communities, respect for law enforcement is almost equally high among both whites and non-whites.
“The percentage who say they respect the police is significantly higher now than in any measurement taken since the 1990s and is just one point below the high of 77 percent recorded in 1967,” Gallup said, referring to the results of its most recent poll held earlier in…
