Table 2.

Differences and chi-squared estimates of significant differences between perceived supervisor support and policy behaviors, attitudes toward harm reduction, female sex, and age.

	Perceived supervisor support (PSS)
	Yes	No	Chi-2	p-value
Police Behaviors
Referred social/health program	49.2(154)	33.5(304)	24.5	<.001
Talk to other officers about infectious disease prevention	53.7(270)	42.4(525)	18.2	<.001
Confiscate syringes	47.3(148)	50.4(458)	.938	.336
Broken needle/syringe	22.7(71)	28.6(260)	4.1	.042
Discarded syringes	32.6(296)	29.1(91)	1.3	.262
Arrest for syringe possession	39.6(124)	44.7(406)	2.7	.099
Arrest for heroin possession	19.4(85)	19.5(201)	.03	.854
Physical altercation	34.1(171)	37.3(460)	1.6	.203
Attitudes toward harm reduction
MMTP reduce criminal activity	42.7(132)	25.6(230)	32.2	<.001
Referring people who use drugs to health and social services is part of the job of police officers	86.9(272)	44.5(405)	169.4	<.001
Know how to refer a person who uses drug to health program	77.6(243)	54.5(496)	52.4	<.001
Laws that treat addiction as a public health problem make job easier	73.2(229)	55.6(505)	30.1	<.001
Syringe exchange programs increase risk of needle stick injury among police	11.9(37)	19.5(177)	9.4	.002
Decriminalizing small amounts of drugs can increase occupational risks for the police	58.8(183)	58.9(534)	.001	.992
People who are addicted to drugs do not care about their health	81.2(254)	80.0(726)	.210	.647
Drug addiction is a disease	91.5(278)	83.8(755)	10.9	<.001
Covariates
Female sex	9.9(31)	12.5(114)	1.5	.213
Age (Less than 30)	40.0(9.4)	37.2(8.4)	21.4	<.001
Experience (years)	14.5(8.8)	11.8(7.8)	21.2	<.001
Education (less than high school)	18.3(152)	25.9(74)	4.14	.075
Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program (MMTP)