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Survey Analyzes Community Views on Policing in Medford and Somerville
While community residents express some satisfaction, they see inequalities and opportunity for change according to survey by Tufts professor and students
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Residents of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts are somewhat satisfied with policing in their communities-although satisfaction is lower among residents of color-and favor creating civilian review boards, deploying more resources for social services workers to respond to certain types of crises, and eliminating certain policing tactics, according to a survey by a Tufts University professor and a group of student researchers.
“In Medford and Somerville, we found that residents perceive inequalities in how residents are treated based on race and ethnicity,” said Brian Schaffner, Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts’ Jonathan M. Tisch College of Civic Life and Department of Political Science in Tufts’ School of Arts