TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - A Field Data Examination of Policy Constructs Related to Fatigue Conditions in Law Enforcement Personnel
JO  - Police quarterly
A1  - Senjo, S. R.
A1  - Dhungana, K.
SP  - 123
EP  - 136
VL  - 12
IS  - 2
N2  - 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 />
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SN  - 1098-6111
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1098611109332420
ID  - ref1
ER  -