Shift work and overtime across a career in law enforcement: a 15-year study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose –

To characterize changes in work hours across a career in law enforcement.

Design/methodology/approach –

N = 113 police officers enrolled in the BCOPS cohort were studied. The police officers started their careers in law enforcement between 1994 and 2001 at a mid-sized, unionized police department in northwestern New York and continued to work at this police department for at least 15 years. Day-by-day work history records were obtained from the payroll department. Work hours, leave hours and other pay types were summarized for each calendar year across their first 15 years of employment. Linear mixed-effects models with a random intercept over subject were used to determine if there were significant changes in pay types over time.

Findings –

A total o

SUBMITTER: Riedy SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8173490 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature