5. PROGRAM EVALUATION (continued)

Respondents who indicated that they were aware of activities to control speeds in their neighborhoods were asked if the activities included any police involvement and, if so, what specific activities. The comments made by follow-on respondents in the two cities are shown in Table 44. The percentages in that table are based on the number of respondents who indicated that they had been aware of police activities. Respondents could (and did) make more than one comment.

Table 44. Comments on Police Involvement Made by Follow-On Survey Respondents
(Phoenix and Peoria)*

Table 44 shows that large percentages of respondents who were aware of police activities in both cities noticed police enforcement and radar checks. In Phoenix , enforcement was definitely or probably program-related in 53.8 percent of the mentions. The value for Peoria was 58.6 percent of the comments. Respondents mentioned radar checks proportionately more frequently in Phoenix (38.9%) than in Peoria (19.7%). The speed trailer was noticed proportionately more frequently in Peoria (18.5%) than was the photo speed enforcement trailer in Phoenix (4.2%). Attendance at meetings was cited in 9.5 percent of the cases in Peoria and in 2.4 percent of the cases in Phoenix .

Specific comments on police involvement broken down by Peoria neighborhoods are shown in Table 45. Even though the number of comments is quite small, the table shows some interesting patterns. For example, large percentages of respondents in all neighborhoods were aware of police enforcement activities. The observations of 62.7 percent of the 95 th Avenue respondents, 60.6 percent of Bell Park residents and 51.1 percent of Desert Harbor residents were definitely or probably program related. Radar checks were noticed most frequently in Bell Park (24.6%) and Desert Harbor (20%). Curiously, deployment of the speed trailer was noticed most frequently in Desert Harbor (26.7%) even though it was deployed least in that neighborhood (eight times in 95 th Avenue , six times in Bell Park , and three times in Desert Harbor ).

Table 45. Comments on Police Involvement Made by Follow-On Survey Respondents
by Neighborhood (Peoria)*

The equivalent neighborhood breakdown of comments on police involvement made by Phoenix residents is shown in Table 46. The table shows that over 50 percent of the responses received from both Sweetwater and Moon Valley residents included comments on police enforcement that were either definitely or probably related to the program. These percentages were 55.1 percent for Moon Valley and 51.9 percent for Sweetwater. As for radar checks, 46.2 percent of the Sweetwater comments and 35.7 percent of the Moon Valley comments were definitely or probably program-related. A small number of residents in Moon Valley (8.2%) noted deployment of the photo speed enforcement trailer. There were too few comments from Clarendon residents in all categories to be meaningfully tabulated.