Lethbridge College to begin comprehensive community surveys for LPS
LETHBRIDGE – In the coming days and weeks, about 1,500 stakeholders and residents in Lethbridge will be asked to take part in two surveys, to share their concerns and opinions on community safety, police performance, and police management of financial resources.
They will be the most comprehensive studies ever conducted, according to Insp. Tom Ascroft, with Lethbridge Police Service.
“We want to make sure we’re spending the taxpayers’ dollars in the way that the community wants us to. It’s not uncommon for subject matter experts to determine what’s best, and we don’t think in this case it’s the way we should be proceeding. So, we’re asking what the public thinks about where we should be heading.”
Lethbridge College’s Dr. Faron Ellis and the Citizen Society Research Lab will be in charge of calling random residents beginning Sunday, Feb. 11, until Thursday, Feb. 15. The resident questionnaire, includes questions such as: