Table 1.

Officers’ perceived control over decisions to arrest and confiscate in drug-related encounters (1–6 Likert scale) (N = 259)

Enforcement type	Mean (SD)	No control (1)	Lack of control (1–3)	Some control (4–6)		Total Control (6)
Control over arrest	4.42 (1.56)	16 (6%)	79 (30%)	179 (69%)		90 (35%)
Control over confiscation	3.96 (1.79)	38 (13%)	114 (44%)	145 (56%)		79 (31%)

Reported discretionary behaviors concerning drug-related arrests and confiscation (1–6 Likert scale) (N = 173)
Discretionary behavior	Mean (SD)	Always (1)		Inclined towards (1–3)	Inclined against (4–6)	Never (6)
Confiscate naloxone	5.50 (1.22)	6 (3%)		16 (9%)	157 (91%)	140 (81%)
Confiscate syringes	2.35 (1.72)	81 (47%)		139 (80%)	34 (20%)	22 (13%)
Not arrest for syringe poss	3.20 (1.75)	44 (25%)		108 (62%)	65 (38%)	27 (16%)
Not arrest for drug poss	3.87 (1.68)	21 (12%)		78 (45%)	95 (55%)	40 (23%)
Refer to treatment/nalox	2.94 (1.76)	44 (25%)		123 (71%)	50 (29%)	29 (17%)