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. 2016 Jul 18;19(4Suppl 3):20878. doi: 10.7448/IAS.19.4.20878

Table 9.

Police attitudes towards key populations and harm reduction

Police (n=199)
Arresting and detaining key populations are appropriate solutions for reducing HIV/AIDS and drug use (%)
 Strongly agree/agree 187 (94.0)
 Strongly disagree/disagree 11 (5.5)
 Do not know 1 (0.5)
There is good collaboration between the community and police for HIV and harm reduction programming (%)
 Strongly agree/agree 198 (99.5)
 Strongly disagree/disagree 1 (0.5)
I support the provision of HIV prevention and harm reduction in my community
 Strongly agree/Agree 199 (100.0)
Police should arrest key populations because of the following reasons (%)
 Using drugs in private places 192 (96.5)
 Selling sex 176 (88.4)
 Carrying N&S 110 (55.2)
 Carrying condoms 4 (2.0)