Is shift work in the police force, as it is currently organized, still sustainable? Weekends off (84.9%) and no shift work (60.2%) are important to the younger generation.1 Police work is undoubtedly a 24/7 service:
"We stand up for people's safety and provide help around the clock"2
But how can this be reconciled? Together with Dr. Anna Arlinghaus a contribution at the conference of the Working Time Society on October 11, 2024 in Berlin at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health presented. In short, the police would need:
- Intelligent personnel deployment systems (who is needed for what and when)?
- Building on this, shift models with fixed and flexible elements
- And most importantly: a workload-oriented weekly working time
You can also find out more in my Publications - they are still up to date 😉and soon there will also be an article on this poster in the Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft.
- ZfK. 2023. the truth about Generation Z. Retrieved April 12, 2024 (https://www.zfk.de/karriere/die-wahrheit-ueber-die-generation-z). ↩︎
- Police Bavaria 2024. mission statement of the Bavarian police. Police - Framework for action and orientation for the future. Retrieved October 11, 2024 (https://www.polizei.bayern.de/wir-ueber-uns/leitbild/index.html) ↩︎