Sleep Problems in Police Officers Take Heavy Toll

Add this to what was going on in Iraq and still going on in Afghanistan. If you think they are sleeping well every night, think again.

Sleep Problems in Police Officers Take Heavy Toll
By ANAHAD O'CONNOR
December 20, 2011, 4:00 PM
More than a third of police officers have a sleep disorder, and those who do are more likely to experience heart disease, problems with job performance and rage toward suspects and citizens, a new study suggests.

The research is one of the most extensive looks to date at the toll of sleep deprivation on police officers, a group for which overnight shifts, long hours and fractured sleep are all too common.

About 5,000 state and local police officers in the United States and Canada, most from Massachusetts and Philadelphia, elected to take part in the study; roughly 40 percent of them were found to have a sleep disorder. That figure is at least double the estimated 15 to 20 percent rate of sleep disorders seen in the general population.
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