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A new NIJ-supported paper identifies risks officers confront, assesses officers’ perspectives on workplace risk, notes key limitations in the research literature, and recommends policies designed to enhance officer well-being.
Over the next five years, NIJ will address safety, health, and wellness questions through interdisciplinary research and strategic partnerships.
Moderator: Brett Chapman, Ph.D., NIJ Social Science Analyst.
Panelists:
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Each year, 100-200 law enforcement officers die in the line of duty. Last year, 177 lost their lives — a 16-percent increase from 2010. As Attorney General Eric Holder noted, this is a devastating and unacceptable trend. NIJ has developed a robust research portfolio to improve officer safety and wellness and, ultimately, save lives. This panel discussed some of NIJ's most promising work to reduce shooting and traffic-related fatalities — consistently the leading causes of officer line-of-duty deaths — and improve officer wellness, which is inextricably linked with officer safety.
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Effects of Shift Work Schedules on Police Officer Health, Safety, Performance and Quality of Life
Corrections & LEFS: Corrections Field Test Design
