Table 2.

Correlates of Syringe Confiscation in past 6 months

	Unadjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value	Adjusted OR (95% CI)	p-value
Officer Demographics
Age	0.98 (0.97 – 0.99)	0.004	0.98 (0.97 – 0.99)	0.004
Male	Ref		Ref
Female	0.51 (0.38 – 0.68)	<.001	0.50 (0.37 – 0.68)	<.001
At least high school education	Ref
Did not complete high school education	0.82 (0.62 – 1.07)	0.139
Number of years working as police	0.98 (0.97 – 0.99)	0.004
Not stationed in Zona Centro district	Ref		Ref
Stationed in Zona Centro District	3.50 (2.63 – 4.65)	<.001	3.60 (2.69 – 4.81)	<.001
Ever experienced needlestick injury
No	Ref		Ref
Yes	1.36 (1.01 – 1.83)	0.041	1.38 (1.02 – 1.87)	0.036
Legal Knowledge
Syringe possession
Incorrect none/don’t know	Ref
Partial conceptual knowledge	1.47 (1.04 – 2.07)	0.029
Correct technical knowledge	1.04 (0.84 – 1.28)	0.721
Heroin possession
Incorrect none/don’t know	Ref
Partial conceptual knowledge	1.36 (0.76 – 2.41)	0.297
Correct technical knowledge	1.03 (0.71 – 1.47)	0.896
Attitudes on PWID Health and Services
Methadone maintenance programs help reduce criminal activity
Disagree	Ref
Neither agree nor disagree	0.91 (0.71 – 1.15)	0.414
Agree	0.86 (0.67 – 1.11)	0.243
Syringe exchange programs increase the risk of NSI among police
Agree	Ref
Neither agree nor disagree	0.78 (0.60 – 1.02)	0.066
Disagree	0.86 (0.67 – 1.10)	0.233
Laws treating addiction as a public health problem make policing easier
Disagree	Ref
Neither agree nor disagree	1.04 (0.76 – 1.42)	0.807
Agree	0.85 (0.66 – 1.11)	0.232
People addicted to drugs do not care about their health
Agree	Ref
Neither agree nor disagree	1.18 (0.87 – 1.60)	0.297
Disagree	0.72 (0.51 – 1.04)	0.079
Drug addiction is a disease
Disagree	Ref		Ref
Neither agree nor disagree	0.42 (0.24 – 1.27)	0.002	0.36 (0.20 – 0.64)	<.001
Agree	0.91 (0.65 – 1.27)	0.566	0.86 (0.61 – 1.22)	0.401
It is the role of police to refer PWID to health and social services
Disagree	Ref
Neither agree nor disagree	1.31 (0.97 – 1.76)	0.487
Agree	1.09 (0.85 – 1.40)	0.077