Tired cops: The importance of managing police fatigue [Mass Market Paperback]

Bryan Vila (Author)

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 167 pages
• Publisher: Police Executive Research Forum; 1st edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1878734679
• ISBN-13: 978-1878734679
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,798,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Bryan Vila, Ph.D., is a professor of criminal justice at Washington State University and director of its Hazardous Occupational Tasks Simulation laboratory. His research interests include cross-cultural policing, police fatigue and work hours, strategic crime control, and the historical development of policing and punishment in America. He has published more than 50 articles on these topics as well as four books, including Micronesian Blues (Paladin, 2009), Tired Cops: the Importance of Managing Police Fatigue (Police Executive Research Forum, 2000), The Role of Police in American Society (Greenwood, 1999), and Capital Punishment in the United States (Greenwood, 1997).

Since receiving his Ph.D. in 1990 from the University of California, Davis, Bryan has held tenured faculty positions at the University of California, Irvine and the University of Wyoming. Prior to joining WSU in 2005, he directed the Crime Control and Prevention Research division at the U.S. Department of Justice's National Institute of Justice.

Before he became an academic, Bryan served as a law enforcement officer for 17 years--including nine years as a street cop and supervisor with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, six years as a police chief helping the emerging nations of Micronesia develop stable and culturally-appropriate law enforcement agencies, and two years as a federal law enforcement officer in Washington, D.C.

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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars STAY ALERT - STAY SAFE, February 13, 2001

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Joseph H. Race "Jose Mango" (SAIPAN, MP United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tired cops: The importance of managing police fatigue (Mass Market Paperback)

For many reasons discussed in this book, Dr. Vila espouses the theme, "good cops don't let tired cops hit the streets." He presents a well-written and documented book that encourages law enforcement officers at all levels to make proper sleep and rest as important in survival as training with firearms and the safe operation of vehicles. Vila's research and studies show that fatigue from sleep loss, disruption of natural body rhythms (circadian), and other factors, such as diet and overtime, can have serious negative effects. For one thing, fatigue worsens mood; tired police officers get irritable and short-tempered just like other people. Fatique also may increase the possibility of officers involved in official misconduct and jeopardizing the positive relations between themselves and their familites, and eventually the community. I sincerely believe that law enforcement agencies should add this book to their libraries for research, reference, and as a tool to explain uncharacteristic behaviors of some officer. Dr. Vila did a good job with this one!

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Assignment, May 8, 2001

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Jessica Williams (Laramie, WY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tired cops: The importance of managing police fatigue (Mass Market Paperback)

I am a student at the University of Wyoming and for a readings class with Bryan Vila, he gave me this book and told me to read it and write a paper on it. So, maybe this review is a little biased, but it is an honest review. Dr. Vila had talked about his research for this book numerous times over the past several years in the classes I've taken from him, but this was the first chance I had to read any of the material he had gathered and written down. It all came together in this book. And everything he said and found in his research is 100% true and accurate. The book is well composed and I was excited to see the finished product of all his hard research over the years. It all came together nicely Bryan, and it is a great start. I know you still want to do so much more with this topic. Thanks for being such a great teacher and I look forward to working with you more as I pursue a masters.