Ergo-policing. Improving Safety and Ergonomic Requirements of Human Resources Involved in Police Duties

This paper suggests the implementation of a comprehensive health and safety design standard in police organisations in order to manage properly some ergonomic stressors in police activity and some possible solutions have been proposed. A questionnaire survey was performed on a population of 50 police officers to assess levels of strain associated with a series of potential home and work related stressors. Participants were split into two scoring groups, operative and non-operative officers, on the basis of a general ergonomic checklist in order to identify those stressors.