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Community Survey on Public Safety and Law Enforcement


The Sheriff’s Office invites you to help us improve our services and ensure we focus on areas of concern for citizens. This survey will take approximately five to ten minutes to complete and is confidential.

Please share your responses to each question based on your feelings, opinions, and experiences. If there are any questions that you're not comfortable answering, feel free to skip them. Your participation is highly encouraged, and there are no right or wrong answers.
Thank you,
Rachelle Whiting, Sheriff
Section 1 - Community Involvement
1.Do you feel the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office develops relationships with the community, residents, organizations, and groups?
2.Does the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office regularly correspond with the community through the website, social media, and public meetings?
3.Does the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office make it easy for community members to provide feedback, comments, suggestions, or concerns?
4.Do you feel the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office works closely with the community to solve local problems?
5."Community policing involves officers in law enforcement working with the community to address the causes of crime in an effort to reduce the problems through a wide range of activities." Based on this definition, do you believe the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office practices community policing?
Section 2 - Safety
6.Please select the top five (5) issues you think are the greatest problems within your community.
7.Overall, how safe do you feel in your community?
8.Over the last 12 months, have your feelings of safety in the community increased, decreased, or stayed the same?
9.Is the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office addressing problems/crimes that concern you?
Section 3 - Procedural Justice
10.Do Calaveras Sheriff Deputies in your area show concern for community members?
11.How fairly do Calaveras Sheriff Deputies treat people?
12.Do you feel Calaveras Sheriff Deputies are respectful to citizens?
13.Is the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office responsive to the concerns of community members?
14.If you've had contact with a Calaveras Sheriff's Deputy during the past 12 months, did the officer explain their actions and procedures clearly?
Section 4 - Performance
15.Do you feel the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office is proactively preventing crime effectively?
16.To what extent are you satisfied with the overall performance of the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office?
17.To what extent do you trust the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office?
18.Are you satisfied with the level of professionalism of Calaveras Sheriff Deputies?
19.How satisfied are you with the competency of the deputies?
20.How satisfied are you with the appearance of the deputies?
Section 5 - Contact
21.How many times in the past 12 months have you had contact with the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office for 911 emergency calls?
22.How satisfied are you with those interaction(s)?
23.How many times in the past 12 months have you had contact with the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office for non-emergency calls, to report a crime or suspicious activity?
24.How satisfied are you with those interaction(s)?
25.How many times in the past 12 months have you interacted with the Calaveras Sheriff’s Office during a community meeting or talked to a deputy on patrol?
26.How satisfied are you with those interaction(s)?
Section 6 - Demographics
27.What town or community do you live in?
28.How many years have you lived in your community?
29.What is your gender?
30.What is your age?
31.What is your race or ethnicity?
Section 7 - Input
32.What do you feel is the most important aspect of law enforcement in our community?
33.What do you like best about the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office?
34.How would you improve the Sheriff’s Office?
35.Is there something we did not ask that you would like the Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office to be aware of?