Oak Forest police officers will work 12-hour shifts in the new year, allowing officers to have a three-day weekend every other week, as a trial period to determine if the schedule change works and helps with officer retention and recruitment.
Oak Forest police Chief Jason Reid and police union President Sgt. Michael Lynch Jr. said Wednesday at the administration and union agreed to 12-hour shift to allow three-day weekends every other weekend.
“We brought the schedule change up. We wanted to make sure it was a mutual thing with the administration and the union so it benefited everyone,” he said.When talking with the patrol officers, Lynch said a lot of the newer police officers stated they worked for other departments that did 12-hour shifts, which gave them more time to spend with family.
Reid said new officers asked for 12-hour shifts to maintain the schedule they’re used to working at other departments. But some officers, who have had more experience on the force, expressed concern about reducing their personal time on days they work, he said. Officers now have a full weekend off every six weeks, Reid said, with the department having three shifts with three squads per shift, which translates to about four to five officers on patrol at a time.
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