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Police Work Shift

Police Work Shift. An Introductive Analysis. Police Shift Work. P olice officers in the UK have been required to work shifts since the beginning of the Police Service in the mid 1800's 24/7 service necessarily needed

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Police Work Shift

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  1. Police Work Shift An Introductive Analysis

  2. Police Shift Work • Police officers in the UK have been required to work shifts since the beginning of the Police Service in the mid 1800's • 24/7 service necessarily needed • In the long term, there is risk of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular and psychoneurotic diseases

  3. Police Shift Work • As a consequence of the Police (Health and Safety) Regulations 1999, police officers are now fully covered by Part 1 of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 • Therefore Police Forces have an obligation to minimise the adverse effects shift work may imply

  4. Police Work Shift • Police managers thus need to analyse the demand for calls for service from the public; on the right is a demand graph

  5. It is necessary to design a schedule in order to match resources to demand Other parameters to be considered: Nature of shift Direction Speed Length Starting times Police Shift work

  6. Police Shift Work • Police Managers should aim to: • Minimise permanent nights • Minimise sequence of nights • Consider shorter night shifts • Avoid quick change-overs • Some free weekends • Rotate forward

  7. References • http://web.ukonline.co.uk/bjlogie/ • http://www.fife.police.uk/default.aspx?page=1781 • Guidelines For Shiftworkers, Ed. by A. Wedderburn, Bulletin of European Studies on Time, 1991

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