An officer of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (a "Mountie") standing guard on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Canadian police officers are well-paid but have significant stress and health problems because of work demands and have little in the way of work-life balance, according to national study unveiled Tuesday.
The survey of 4,500 police officers from 25 police forces found while the work culture for police involves shift-work, long hours and attention to the job even in off hours, many younger police officers want to seek some balance between their jobs and their families.
arleton University’s Linda Duxbury, who along with the University of Western Ontario’s Christopher Higgins produced the study, said that balance doesn’t exist.
“The culture of policing is not work and family, it’s work or family,” said Duxbury…
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