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A Field Data Examination of Policy Constructs Related to Fatigue Conditions in Law Enforcement PersonnelWeber State University, Ogden, Utah
Florida State University, Tallahassee This study used systematic, semistructured qualitative field interviews for a purposive sample of law enforcement agency directors (e.g., police chiefs, sheriffs) to analyze policy constructs that affect the relationship between fatigue and job performance in law enforcement. Trained interviewers gathered a breadth of field data that describe department-level approaches to policy on secondary employment, overtime, court appearances, and other job-related activities that affect the fatigue of line officers. The findings reveal the reality of a tired workforce but a low-level desire among agency chiefs to have fatigue reduction policy. Where such policy exists, a business-like managerialism dominated executive conceptualization rather than citizen safety or civil liability orientations. Informal controls, rather than formal rules, emerged as applicable tools used to address and reduce officer fatigue.
Key Words: police administration • fatigue policy • police work
This version was published on June
1, 2009 Police Quarterly, Vol. 12, No. 2,
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