Fatigue on the Front Lines: How Shift Work Affects Police-Community Interactions
This brief discusses how fatigued officers are significantly more likely to escalate encounters and less likely to use de-escalation. This makes fatigue a key target for improving officer decision-making and police-community interactions.
Adapted from James, L., James, S., & Vila, B. (2018). The impact of shift work and fatigue on police officer response in simulated interactions with citizens. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 14(1), 111-120. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-017-9294-2
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