SIX CORNERS BACKSTAGE GUIDE 13 on field assignments, such as a patrol officers and detectives. Most police (72%) say they have never fired their weapon while on duty outside of required training or on a gun range. Female officers are much less likely than male officers to report that they have ever fired their weapon while on duty— 11% of women vs. 30% of men. There is also a significant gender gap in attitudes on policing, with female officers less likely than their male counterparts to agree that aggressive tactics are sometimes necessary. Among female officers, 48% agree that it is more useful to be aggressive than to be courteous in certain parts of the city, compared with 58% of male officers. A third of female officers—but 46% of male officers—agree that some people can only be brought to reason the hard, physical way. At the same time, men and women share positive views of the citizens they serve. For example, about seven-in-ten male and female officers reject the notion that officers have reason to be distrustful of most citizens (72% and 70%, respectively). And similar shares say at least some of the people in the community where they work share their values and beliefs (70% of male officers and 73% of female officers). Male and female officers also report a similar range of emotions about the job. About six-in-ten male and female officers say their job always or often makes them feel proud (58% and 61%, respectively) and about half of male and female officers say they often feel frustrated (51% and 52%). But 57% of male officers say they have become more callous since taking their job, compared with 49% of female officers.