%0 Journal Article
%T A Field Data Examination of Policy Constructs Related to Fatigue Conditions in Law Enforcement Personnel
%J Police quarterly
%D 2009
%A Senjo, S. R.
%A Dhungana, K.
%V 12
%N 2
%P 123-136
%X 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.<p />
%G 
%I SAGE Publishing
%@ 1098-6111
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1098611109332420