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Focus on Officer Wellness: Night Shift Survivors or Thrivers?

The existing body of research on police officers working the midnight shift is grim.

But the night shift isn’t going anywhere. So, rather than belaboring the well-known challenges of shift work and the harmful effects of sleep deprivation, the authors set their sights on other questions:

    • What is going well on the night shift?

    • Why do some officers prefer and enjoy a shift that is detrimental to the personal health and familial relations of others?

    • What are the officers who thrive on the night shift doing differently?

    • How can those skills for thriving on the night shift be shared in a meaningful and accessible way?

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