National Criminal Justice Reference Service (U.S)

Atlantis50

Hi ES members,

Not and ES member myself but I've come across this website (https://www.ncjrs.gov/index.html) which has (mostly free) articles on almost every possible topic relevant to law enforcement (from a U.S perspective) (A-Z topics: https://www.ncjrs.gov/viewall.html) and thought I'd share it here.

Here are some findings that are relevant to AGS for example (subject of another thread on the forum):

"In The Shift Length Experiment, researchers at the Police Foundation
found that 10-hour shifts offered numerous benefits over the
traditionally used 8-hour shifts and compressed 12-hour shifts.
Officers working 10-hour shifts:
• Worked less overtime (and thus saved their department
money).
• Reported a significantly higher quality of work life.
• Made fewer errors.
• Exhibited no decrease in performance.
• Got more sleep.
This study was released on the heels of Sleep Disorders, Health and
Safety in Police Officers, another NIJ-funded study that found sleep
disorders are about twice as prevalent among police officers than
among the general public."

https://ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/bc000786.pdf (2nd page)

Another interesting study compared 'safety outcomes' in police forces who used Tasers (CEDs) compared to forces that don't use them (CED sites v non-CED sites):

"Overall, we found that the CED sites were
associated with improved safety outcomes
when compared to a group of matched non-
CED sites on six of nine safety measures,
including reductions in:
• Officer injuries
• Suspect injuries
• Suspect severe injuries
• Officers receiving injuries requiring
medical attention,
• Suspects receiving injuries requiring
medical attention, and
• Suspects receiving an injury that resulted
in their being sent to a hospital or other
medical facility. (We refer to this as
“hospitalization,” but it does not
necessarily mean that suspects were
admitted and stayed overnight at a
hospital; we were unable to obtain data on
the extent to which officers or suspects
who went to a hospital or other medical
facility were admitted and stayed
overnight, as opposed to simply receiving
an outpatient evaluation and/or
treatment.)

There were no differences between the
CED and the non-CED sites on the
outcomes of the other three measures:
number of suspect deaths, officer severe
injuries, and officer injuries requiring
hospitalization.
For the six of nine significant
outcomes, our data suggest that the
magnitude of the effects of the improved
safety outcomes for the CED sites (relative
to the non-CED sites) was impressive. We
found a strong effect of CEDs on reducing
officer injuries based on our raw results (8%
officer injuries in the post period to 20% for
the non-CED sites), and our three
multivariate models. For agencies that
deploy CEDs, our data suggest that the odds
of an officer being injured are reduced by
over 70%." (Excerpt from Results pdf page 11).

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/grants/237965.pdf

About NCJRS: "Established in 1972, the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and drug-related information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide."

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But all that means they get days off and are not available to collect CCTV the exact day its available.