| United States | | |
Number of police personnels (per 100,000 population) | 204.2 (2021) [9/10countries] | | |
% of those who would like to see more government spending in the police and law enforcement | 50.7% (2016) [6/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that crime is the most important issue for their country | 3.1% (2020) [7/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that maintaining national order is the most important aim of the country out of maintaining national order/ giving people more say/ fighting rising prices/ protecting freedom of speech | 31.8% (2020) [4/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that terrorism is the most important issue for their country | 3.0% (2020) [1/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to detain suspected terrorists for as long as they want without putting them on trial | 36.6% (2016) [7/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to tap people's telephone conversations | 51.3% (2016) [7/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the authorities should have the right to stop and search people in the street at random to prevent terrorism | 33.3% (2016) [7/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should keep people under video surveillance in public areas | 64.7% (2016) [6/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should monitor e-mails and any other information exchanged on the Internet | 32.3% (2016) [6/8countries] | | |
Degree of giving priority to public security over disclosure of government information | 6.13 (2016) [7/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in their country | 49.5% (2016) [5/8countries] | | |
% of those who think that the government should collect information about anyone living in other countries | 44.2% (2016) [5/8countries] | | |