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2011
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The Shift Length Experiment: What We Know About 8-, 10-, and 12-Hour Shifts in Policing
By Amendola, Karen L.; Weisburd, David; Hamilton, Edwin E.; Jones, Greg; Slipka, Meghan; Heitman, Anneke; Shane, Jon; Ortiz, Christopher; Tarkghen, Eliab.
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
Police Foundation (Washington, DC).
This report is necessary reading for any agency looking to change from an 8-hour schedule to either a 10- or 12-hour schedule due in part to achieve reduced budgets. Results are reported for: significant findings--quality of work life (QWL), sleep amount, sleepiness/fatigue (subjective), alertness, and overtime worked; and non-significant findings—work performance and safety, health and stress, quality of personal life, sleep quality, fatigue (objective), and sleep disorder, and off-duty employm... Read More
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62 pages
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2011
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The Impact of Shift Length in Policing on Performance, Health, Quality of Life, Sleep, Fatigue, and Extra-Duty Employment
By Amendola, Karen L.; Weisburd, David; Hamilton, Edwin E.; Jones, Greg; Slipka, Meghan; Heitman, Anneke; Shane, Jon; Ortiz, Christopher; Tarkghen, Eliab.
National Institute of Justice (Washington, DC).
Police Foundation (Washington, DC).
“Because there are significant policy implications associated with compressed workweeks in law enforcement, there is a great need for an examination of both current national practices with regard to CWWs [compressed workweeks] in law enforcement, as well as the impact of such schedules on performance and safety, health, quality of life, sleep, fatigue, and extra-duty employment (i.e., overtime and off-duty work). In this report, we aim to address this gap by providing both the results of the fir... Read More
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201 pages
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