Work schedules
Shift Work Adaptation Among Police Officers: The BCOPS Study
A nationally representative study of law enforcement shiftwork and health outcomes
The Impact of Correction Officer Suicide on the Institutional Environment and on the Wellbeing of Correctional Employees
Improving Shift Schedule and Work-Hour Policies and Practices to Increase Police Officer Performance, Health, and Safety
Community Policing and the Work Routines of Street-Level Officers
Evaluation of Peer Review and Verification Processes
Body Cavity Screening: Technology Assessment (Version 1.1)
Healthy Officers Are Safer Officers: The Nexus Between Performance & Health
Protecting our Protectors: Using Science to Improve Officer Safety and Wellness
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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