NZ POLICE ASSOCIATION

UMR Survey June 2006

METHODOLOGY


Results in this report are based upon questions asked in the UMR Research nation-wide omnibus survey. 

This is a telephone survey of a nationally representative sample of 750 New Zealanders 18 years of age and over.

Fieldwork was conducted from the 16h to the 19th of June 2006 at UMR Research’s national interview facility in Auckland.

The margin of error for a 50% figure at the ‘95% confidence level’ is +3.6%.

 SURVEY RESULTS


 

 Reducing recruitment standards

 

 

SUPPORT PAY INCREASE OR RELAXED STANDARDS

 

Overall, do you think it would be better to:

 

 

JUN 06

%

A) Increase the pay of police officers OR

59

B) Relax the recruitment standards to increase the number of people eligible to join the police

28

Unsure

13

TOTAL

100