Confidence in police in the United States has plummeted to the lowest level in 22 years, with only half of Americans expressing confidence in the institution, according to a new poll.
Just 52 percent of Americans express “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in police, a Gallup poll released on Friday found.
Overall, 16 percent of Americans say they have “very little” confidence in the police and 2 percent have “none”, while 30 percent have “some” confidence, 25 percent have “a great deal” and 27 percent “quite a lot” of confidence.
The historically low confidence level in police matched the level seen in 1993, when Gallup first began measuring it.