At PoliceOne they have a fascinating survey of a large number of police officers (over 15,000). What these officers think will and will not be effective seems like a common sense place to start when considering what laws will increase public safety.

Here are some highlights:

I thought this one was pretty interesting. Laws cops don’t want. That indicates cops were probably not consulted. It seems like consulting law enforcemnt would be a common sense place to start.

These last two should be considered when forming an opinion.

There are many more interesting results and I suggest checking them out at PoliceOne.com.

So what do you think? Are these cops way off base? Do they have the knowledge and experience to have their opinions considered?