One week a year, the country pauses to thank its officers. The other fifty-one, the gratitude is still there - it just has nowhere to go. When departments actually ask, the answer is unambiguous: 97.3% of verified community feedback about police interactions is positive, averaging 4.88 out of 5, and two-thirds of respondents take the time to write a comment. The thanks were never missing. The record was.
This infographic was built for National Police Week: the headline numbers, and what they represent - thousands of ordinary encounters where someone chose to say the officer did well. Post it on the department's social channels during Police Week, print it for the lobby, or open the awards ceremony with it. It also belongs in front of the officers themselves at roll call, because the audience that most needs to see verified public gratitude is wearing the uniform.
Recognition that arrives once a year is a ceremony; recognition that arrives every week is a retention strategy. For the difference that makes, read Officer Recognition and Retention.
