The Ford government’s work to address public safety is seen as “largely ineffective” according to internal polling conducted on behalf of the province earlier this year, with respondents saying its efforts on auto theft, public drug use and cracking down on repeat offenders are missing the mark.

The public opinion survey was conducted by the Leger polling firm on behalf of the government in March and gauged the views of more than 2,000 respondents across the province. The poll, released after CBC News requested it through freedom of information laws, asked a series of questions about how the Progressive Conservatives are handling more than a dozen public safety issues.