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tackleberry72 said:

The trick that I've found is to NOT go to bed as soon as you get home from shift, treat a nite shift just like a day shift, try to stay up until 10 or so then go to bed. If I find myself getting sleepy on the road, i get out and walk around, or sometimes, I'll just stop, tell dispatch to call me at the office in 15 minutes and take a short nap. I'd rather explain a nap to the boss than a totaled patrol vehicle

tBoone571 said:

When I was on nites, premise checks and walk- thrus helped me out alot,**Also having a Weight room in the H-Q when I was really feeling it.

dunamis said:

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MidMOCo said:

soldierswife0508 said:

dunamis said:

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oddly enough i could read that without missing a beat lol

I could too lol...

We had a really understanding chief and he knew if you were having problems with staying awake he allowed us to park next to each other one doing reports and keeping an eye out and the other sleep for half hour.

When I worked for a rural county sheriff's Dept they would rather us take a 15-30 min power nap than to crash a cruiser and kill ourselves or someone else. It works great...a busy night going from call to call will definately keep you awake. Now I work for a city PD and they deter any power naps... When I get tired I get out and walk my businesses.

I'm with Tackleberry on this one. I work swing shift and I'm off at 0100 hrs. I stay up until 0430 and wake up at 1230 or so. I have found it's easier to just try to stick to the hours on my days off too. I have guys on my team that go to sleep by 0130 and they're up by like 0900. That's 6 hours of being awake before shift... and they wonder why they are draggin ass by 0100. That's like the average Joe starting his day at 0200... forget that.

... run around the patrol car really fast a few times that should wake you up! (I am kidding...I dunno maybe you should try it. Whatever works damn it)

I don't have to do anything to stay up all night because I've had a sleeping disorder since I was born.

I can go days on end with no sleep and be as awake and alert and have the energey of someone that just got a full nights rest.

Eventually after about 4-5 days sometimes longer I will totaly crash and it's lights out and nothing wakes me up.

XRAY02 said:

I'm a dayshifter all the way, but when I do work graves off-duty, I do a mixture of Starbucks before they close, dark chocolate covered espresso beans, then a Monster drink at about 0200 and then 2 Red Bulls at 0430. Makes me get Nystagmus but at least my eyes are open.

wow... after reading your post, I want to run 50 miles nonstop from the caffeine mix. boiiing boinnnnnng boing!!!!!

Wasn't that a movie called "Porkie's" Rexbolo!? LOL

Coffee, Xpresso (YUM), internet (don't tell my boss), and foot patrol works sometimes if it's cold outside.

leomemorial said:

Wasn't that a movie called "Porkie's" Rexbolo!? LOL

1 word: Ritalin! Just get it prescribed!

I just started pulling 1600 to 0430 shifts. I keep my windows all the way down to keep the air on my face as I cruise and I make a point of getting a big-ass Diet Pepsi for the caffeine. I can't do coffee because it gives me God-awful heartburn. I also go to enough calls that I have to get out and walk around often. If you work a slow shift, just make a point of getting out to walk when you can.