The African American community definitely wants police in their neighborhoods, said former NYPD Lt. Dr. Darrin Porcher on Friday, reacting to a Gallup poll on the subject.

“The African American community is under siege. They’re not as monolithic as what is being perceived by these far-left groups that are telling the slogans of defunding the police or 'de-policing,'” Porcher told “Fox & Friends.”

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More than 80% of Black Americans favor a police presence in their area equal to current levels or more, according to the findings of a Gallup poll released Wednesday.

When asked if they wanted the police to spend more time, the same amount of time or less time in their neighborhoods, 61% of Black adults surveyed prefer the presence remain the same. The finding is similar to U.S. adults at 67% and White Americans, of which 71% preferred authorities spend the same amount of time in their area.

Around 20% of Black people polled said they would like to see an increased police presence compared to 19% of respondents who favor the police spend less time in their area. Asian Americans were more likely to want less police presence in their neighborhoods with 28%, according to the findings.

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Porcher said communities “plagued by gun violence and homicide” are “being destroyed.”

“We clearly need more police in these communities and not a defunding or less policing," said Porcher, calling out congresswoman and potential VP choice Karen Bass, D-Calif., and others on the left for claiming they know what minority communities want.

Fox News' Louis Casiano contributed to this report.