elf. Examples of this include officers supervisor, other officers, or something called shift work. Shift work is when an officer is on one shift and then they get moved to another shift. Officers say that it disrupts their family life, as well as their job performance. An officer can be overtired and not feeling up to par, which can effect his or her decisions. If an officer makes the wrong decision the police department is going to come down hard on that particular officer, which is obviously going to cause stress to that particular officer. If the officer has family stress than that will be brought to the job and could influence decisions made on the job.Stress can be caused by a number of different things. This study is designed to explore the officers point of view on the subject of stress. The research is going to discover whether the majority of the officers feel stress from the department in which they are employed or if the job itself is more stressful. This research would also discuss ways to cope with stress, as well as better ways to handle stressful situations. The data will be gathered by means of an anonymous survey. The survey will included demographic data, questions about family, how often the officer thinks about injury, what is the officers current assignment, what the officer likes or dislikes about being a police officer. Also, the likes and dislikes of the officers current assignment, and what the officers expect when they retire.The survey will be distributed to two different police departments. The first department is the Amherst Police Department. Seventy-five officers from Amherst will be chosen to anonymously complete this survey. The Amherst community contains middle to upper income citizens. The second department will be the Buffalo Police Department. One hundred fifty officers will also be chosen anonymously to complete this survey. The Buffalo community is described to have low to upper in...
