Driving on Empty: Supporting Tired Cops to Improve Safety

March 11, 2025 | 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm Pacific

Event Overview

Policing requires officers to be awake at all hours—combined with staffing shortages and increased operational demands, the job leaves many cops chronically fatigued. Fatigue is a major risk factor for motor vehicle collisions and compromises critical decision-making capacity. This workshop will discuss fatigue-related risks and explore how executives, supervisors, and officers can modify practices and use restorative rest and fatigue management policies to improve officer safety and performance on the road.

Speakers

    • Brett Cowell, M.A., Senior Program Manager, National Policing Institute
    • Stephen James, PhD, Assistant Professor, Washington State University
    • Sean E. Moriarty, Executive Director/ Major (Ret DSP), Delaware Police Officer Standards and Training Commission (POST) / Delaware State Police

Event Location

This presentation will take place at the 2025 IACP Officer Safety and Wellness Conference in Anaheim, CA.

Type

Conference

Strategic Priority Area(s)

Type

Conference

Strategic Priority Area(s)