Police survey shaping up here

The OPP “Policing for Results” telephone survey is nearly halfway done, with nine volunteers putting in many hours to help out.
“It’s going well. We’re up to 128 surveys completed as of last Friday,” Fort Frances OPP Cst. Mark Boileau noted, adding the target number is around 350.
“There’s been no real problems with the survey,” he added. “The majority of people asked have wanted to participate in the survey.”
Head volunteer Bonnie Bender-Williams also applauded the public’s co-operation. “The survey takes between 10 and 15 minutes to complete. They’re committing a fair amount of time,” she noted.
The survey was launched by the OPP in January to collect data on district residents’ attitudes towards them–and how effectively they fulfill their duty.
“People can voice their opinions about the policing . . . across the Rainy River District,” noted Cst. Boileau, clarifying Atikokan and the various First Nations were not part of the survey.
Bender-Williams said the survey is anonymous, and the phone numbers called are randomly assigned by computer. “The telephone I’m using doesn’t even have call display,” she stressed.
The local OPP detachment also isn’t privy to any of the results as they are being fed directly into a computer linked to OPP headquarters in Orillia.
But Bender-Williams did say those surveyed so far generally have been “happy” with the policing in their respective areas.
For his part, Cst. Boileau said all survey responses were valuable–good or bad. “If they’re happy, it’s nice to hear that,” he remarked. “If not, we want to hear why so we can change things.”