Survey example: Citizen survey about public safety and policing

This is an example of an AI survey about public safety and policing designed for citizens. Take a look and see and try the example for yourself to experience how effortlessly you can collect meaningful feedback.

Creating truly effective citizen surveys on public safety and policing is tough—low engagement, ambiguous answers, and manual follow-ups make it all feel like wasted effort.

Specific is at the forefront of conversational AI-driven surveys, making feedback collection and analysis smooth, accurate, and actionable for everyone seeking reliable insights.

What is a conversational survey and why AI makes it better for citizens

Getting genuine, detailed input from citizens on complex topics like public safety and policing has always been a challenge. Traditional surveys often feel cold and static, leaving both respondents and decision-makers wanting deeper, clearer information. That’s where conversational surveys, powered by AI, change the game.

Conversational surveys use AI to replicate the feel of a real, natural conversation—offering a chat-like flow instead of a boring list of questions. Respondents engage more, give richer context, and leave with a sense that their answers matter. In fact, AI-powered surveys have achieved completion rates of 70–90%, compared to traditional surveys, which often sit at only 10–30% [1]. Plus, the abandonment rate is cut in half—down to 15–25% with AI, versus a frustrating 40–55% with traditional forms [2]. This means you capture more voices, more clearly, every time.

Why use AI for citizen surveys?

• Better engagement: The chat-like flow feels approachable, especially for citizens not used to long forms.

• Smarter questions: AI generates context-aware follow-ups, uncovering real insight.

• Accurate and instant analysis: No more waiting for results or hiring external analysts.

• Accessible for everyone: The experience is smooth on any device.

With Specific’s conversational survey builder, you can create, test, and launch a citizen public safety and policing poll in minutes. The experience removes the friction—making data collection feel effortless for both creators and respondents. If you’re designing public safety and policing questions, check out our guide on the best questions for citizen surveys to improve your research even further.

Automatic follow-up questions based on previous reply

One of the most powerful features in Specific is how the AI acts like a smart research assistant—asking natural, real-time follow-ups based on what each citizen just said. There’s no need to play email tag or break the flow for clarifications. Instead, the AI knows when to ask for more detail or steer toward specifics, gathering context that would otherwise be lost.

Imagine you launch a public safety survey and get these types of responses:

• Citizen: “I sometimes feel unsafe in the park at night.”

• AI follow-up: “Could you share what specific situations make you feel unsafe in the park after dark?”

• Citizen: “The police are helpful, but sometimes slow.”

• AI follow-up: “Can you describe a recent experience where the police response time felt too slow?”

Without these targeted follow-ups, you’re left with vague feedback that’s hard to interpret or act on. Automated, real-time probing boosts both the quality and quantity of actionable insights. You don’t have to define the logic—it’s baked in. Try generating a survey and you’ll see this AI-powered conversation unfold in real time. For more insight, see our deep dive into how automatic AI follow-up questions work.

This is what makes it a true conversational survey, not just another boring form.

Easy editing, like magic

Editing your citizen survey—questions, tone, or logic—couldn’t be easier. Just chat with the AI survey editor, describe the change in plain language (“Make the follow-ups more polite” or “Add a question about neighborhood watch”), and your survey updates instantly with expert quality. No flowcharts, no endless menus—just say what you want, and Specific makes it happen. See how the AI survey editor makes survey editing faster than ever, or if you want to create a custom survey about anything else, see the AI survey generator.

Delivery options for every citizen feedback initiative

Getting responses from citizens means meeting them where they are. With Specific, you can launch your public safety and policing survey in two key ways:

• Sharable landing page surveys — Perfect for city-wide or neighborhood feedback. Share a unique link via email, social media, or local forums to reach a wide public audience. Great for annual community safety polls or police trust initiatives.

• In-product surveys — If you run a community app or online municipality portal, embed the survey directly as a widget. Prompt citizens in context (e.g., after they file a public safety report or complete a city service).

Choose what fits your audience—if you want to maximize reach for a larger city or region, landing pages are your best bet. For gathering situational feedback within digital services, in-product surveys are ideal.

Instant AI-powered survey analysis

Once citizens have weighed in, the real power of Specific comes alive. With built-in AI survey analysis, you instantly get key themes and actionable insights—no spreadsheets needed, no hours of coding qualitative data. AI delivers automatic topic detection, accurate summaries, and even lets you chat with AI about the results in natural language. Want more detail? Read how to analyze citizen public safety and policing survey responses with AI to take your insights further. Your data, ready for action—fast.

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Experience how a conversational AI survey dives deeper and gathers richer input from citizens—every reply, every nuance. See and try the AI-driven survey example and discover a better way to collect and act on public safety feedback, all in minutes.