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Ogden'commissioned survey finds reckless driving, high professional-treatment ratio in police contacts
Summary
A FlashVotes public-safety survey presented to council showed reckless driving as the top resident concern, a 10:1 ratio of professional to unprofessional police interactions on one measure, 304 respondents, and 41% of participants offered open-ended suggestions; staff said the dashboard allows district-level filtering for future outreach.
Kevin Lyons presented findings from a FlashVotes public-safety survey to the council on Oct. 7 and walked the group through top concerns and district breakdowns.
Lyons said the instrument was designed to measure resident interactions with the Ogden Police Department and public perceptions of professionalism. On the question asking whether respondents had interactions and whether they were treated professionally or unprofessionally, Lyons summarized a roughly "28% to 3%" split — a ratio he described as approximately 10-to-1 in favor of professional treatment. Lyons also reported there were 304 total respondents and that a majority of households reported no victims of crime in the prior 12 months.
When asked which issues worry residents the most, Lyons said reckless driving ranked highest, followed by theft and burglary; drug problems, unreasonable noise and trespass or vandalism followed. He noted that 41% of respondents provided open-ended suggestions for what police could do that would have a noticeable impact, and staff encouraged councilors to use district filters to identify local trends.
Councilors asked about district-level breakdowns and access to the data. Lyons said the platform allows users to "mouse over" districts for subsample counts and that staff can perform targeted outreach by district. He also said filters can be applied to compare those who reported being treated professionally versus unprofessionally, which may identify differing victimization rates or neighborhood patterns.
Council discussion did not produce any formal action; staff said the survey dashboard will remain available and could be used for future outreach and planning.
