LGBTQ-police relations

A recent nationwide survey conducted in the U.S. found that LGBTQ people are far more likely to have been stopped, searched, arrested or held in custody by the police than non-LGBTQ people over the past year, and that their interactions with police have been more negative. Unsurprisingly, LGBTQ people reported they were significantly less likely to call the police if they became victims of a crime.

Bar chart shows that 21 percent of LGBTQ people have had a run-in with the police in the past year, versus 14% of non-LGBTQ people; 22% have been insulted by police, versus 10%; 17% experienced police force, versus 7%; and 71% would call for hep, versus 86%.