Quality of life policing is based on what?

Empirical evidence is that derived from systematic study of one or more effectiveness criteria, such as crime rates, arrest rates, and citizen trust of police.

The socioeconomic status of individuals is an important factor regarding police discretion.

According to this ethical perspective, it is the results of one’s actions that determine what is moral and good.

An officer’s assignment appears to be a much more important predictor of the use of deadly force than age, intelligence, and educational background.

Predictive policing targets the reduction of physical and social disorder to reduce serious crime.

More restrictive deadly-force policies have resulted in an increase in the number of police officers being injured or killed.

In the typology of deviant officers, these officers are honest but willing to overlook some of the indiscretions of other officers:

Officers with more favorable attitudes toward community policing were more selective in making arrests compared to those officers with less favorable attitudes.

Examining data over a ten year period, researchers found that police officers are killed in 1 in every 9.2 million traffic stops.