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SWAT
Sleep Fast
Why is sleep deprivation an issue for police? Because, just like the military, police have unpredictable, changeable, sporadic work and sleep patterns.
March 19, 2008
Special Units
Shots Fired: Pueblo, Colorado 12/23/2004
It was two days before Christmas 2004, and Sgt. Randy Wills of the Pueblo (Colo.) Police Department was a case study in sleep deprivation. It had been a busy holiday season with very little peace on earth and even less good will toward men. Wills needed rest.
June 1, 2005
Patrol
You Are What You Sleep
I will never forget the first time I heard myself snore. Yeah, I snore pretty good; just ask one of my ex’s or one of my sergeants. But I actually was so tired once my own snoring woke me up! I was working on the Coconino Hotshots fighting a forest fire near Prescott, Ariz., when our squad leader called a break. I just sat where I was on the line and, the next thing I knew, loud snoring awoke me. I looked around and I was the only one within earshot…weird.
November 30, 2006
Patrol
Chicago Cops Involved In Shootings Get 24-Hour Cooling-Off Period
The Fraternal Order of Police's Lodge 7 won the cooling-off period from an arbitrator, the union has announced. The officer involved in a shooting will now have at least 24 hours to make a statement to the Independent Police Review Association (IPRA).
June 29, 2011
Patrol
Several Louisiana Cadets Injured in Alleged Hazing Incident
As many as 12 cadets attending the Louisiana State Police Academy were reportedly injured—including cuts, bruises, a broken nose, and a fractured arm—as part of a punishment at the training academy earlier in October.
October 16, 2019
Careers
Recruit Life As a Single Parent
This blog often focuses on tactics, off-duty survival, surviving the FTO program, or making it though the academy. However, what can often get overlooked is making it through those first few years as a parent. A single-parent recruit has been given the most difficult assignment of all.
December 6, 2011
Careers
Get Your Proper Rest
Listen to your colleagues and, most of all, listen to your body. On the day you want to go out, if you need your rest, grab some. Your rest and recuperation from the stresses of the job, shift work, and life are worth the investment.
August 14, 2011
Patrol
To Lead and Serve
"The Leader must himself believe that willing obedience beats forced obedience, and that he can get this only by really knowing what should be done."
- Xenophon, 360 BC
January 31, 2006
Women in Law Enforcement
Tips For Surviving Third Shift
So what do you do, if you're working the graveyard shift? The No. 1 solution is to get enough sleep. Sleep is essential for the human body, and it is natural to fall into an internal and regulated clock.
June 15, 2010
Patrol
Self Sacrifice
"Let us stop being selfish…to the ideas of the common good and of our existence, everything must be sacrificed."
—General Jose de San Martin
June 30, 2006
Training
N.J. Officer Suspended for Sleeping In Cruiser
A Belleville (N.J.) Police officer caught napping in his patrol car in a retail store's parking lot has been suspended by his agency.
September 29, 2013
Patrol
Grim Sleeper Serial Killer Faces Death, New Victims Revealed
Of the eight new cases LAPD detectives are investigating, two involve women who disappeared during the 13-year period. A third went missing in 1982, before the first of the 10 known killings.
August 4, 2011
Patrol
Ohio Officer Dies Unexpectedly in His Sleep
An off-duty officer with the Bellefontaine Police Department died unexpectedly in his sleep on Friday.
April 13, 2020
Patrol
Suspect in 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killings Case Found Guilty
Lonnie Franklin Jr. was found guilty on 10 counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted murder in the "Grim Sleeper" serial killings that targeted vulnerable young black women over 20 years in South Los Angeles.
May 5, 2016
Patrol
36-Year-Old California Officer Dies in his Sleep
An officer with the Roseville (CA) Police Department has died in his sleep, according to the department.
July 17, 2019
Patrol
The Hazards of Sleep
If he worked in one of those small towns that prohibits the exhibition of elephants in a city park on the Sabbath, you could bet that he'd somehow find a way to be booking a pachyderm into evidence Sunday night.
May 1, 2013
Patrol
NYPD Officer Shot while Sleeping in Personal Car Between Shifts
An on-duty sergeant found the officer after he exited the car, bleeding from a gunshot wound. The injured officer received aid and was rushed to the hospital where he underwent surgery.
January 3, 2022
Technology
DNA Match Ensnares 'Grim Sleeper' Serial Killer In Los Angeles
Franklin is thought to be the "Grim Sleeper" killer who began killing women in 1985. The deaths have been linked via DNA collected from the bodies of the women, who were sexually assaulted and often left for dead in alleys and covered in debris with gunshot wounds to the chest from a small-caliber gun.
July 7, 2010
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