This statistic illustrates the awareness of U.S. citizens being able to report public safety issues to their local government agencies via digital technologies in 2016. During the surveyed period, 46 percent of citizens stated that they were aware of the ability to digitally report a safety concern such as a downed power line or sinkhole to their local government agency, while in comparison only 28 percent had the same awareness when it came to digitally reporting a drunk driver.
Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies and not simply a phone call?
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A safety concern (e.g. a downed power line, sinkhole)
Question: Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies (e.g. via smartphone app, email, website, social network or other modern communication channels) and not simply a phone call? Select all that apply.
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Salesforce Research. (March 30, 2017). Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies and not simply a phone call? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/798917/us-citizen-awareness-reporting-public-safety-issues-local-government-via-digital/
Salesforce Research. "Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies and not simply a phone call?." Chart. March 30, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/798917/us-citizen-awareness-reporting-public-safety-issues-local-government-via-digital/
Salesforce Research. (2017). Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies and not simply a phone call?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/798917/us-citizen-awareness-reporting-public-safety-issues-local-government-via-digital/
Salesforce Research. "Which of The following Public Safety Issues Are You Able to Report to Your Local Government via Digital Technologies and Not Simply a Phone Call?." Statista, Statista Inc., 30 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/798917/us-citizen-awareness-reporting-public-safety-issues-local-government-via-digital/
Salesforce Research, Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies and not simply a phone call? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/798917/us-citizen-awareness-reporting-public-safety-issues-local-government-via-digital/ (last visited November 21, 2024)
Which of the following public safety issues are you able to report to your local government via digital technologies and not simply a phone call? [Graph], Salesforce Research, March 30, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/798917/us-citizen-awareness-reporting-public-safety-issues-local-government-via-digital/
