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Study Indicates Link Between Officer Fatigue and Public Complaints
by Betty Nelander
Nighttime police encounters tend to be more unsettling than those that occur during the day, a new study confirms.
Public complaints against cops rise when they work the night shift, a time when they are more likely to be fatigued. Eighty-six percent of public complaints against the ...
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