The members of a civic association committee charged with addressing safety issues in the community disagree over whether to begin by surveying residents about their safety concerns or to start by consulting local law enforcement for safety suggestions. What type of conflict is the group experiencing?

Answer: Substantive conflict

Explanation:

Substantive conflict is defined as the dispute that occurs in a group or committee members upon disagreeing on any decision based on scope of task, goal, issues or values. Members tend to varied opinions on the issues and problem that is required to be addressed by them

According to the situation mentioned in the question, conflict occurring in civic committee is type of substantive conflict. The members fail to agree on the decision of safety problems among surveying the residential people or concerning with local law enforcement department.