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I prefer nightshift ours is 1800hrs.-0600hrs.I'm the boss then,Admin goes in at 1700hrs.

So yall don't have trouble switchin from sleepin in the day after workin a night shift and sleepin at night when you're off?

I have been on nights for the past 3 years straight 8pm to 8am and will never go to days. vampire for life

former LEO:

I hope you guys don't mind me posting here. There are many reasons for people to work third shift so depending on your reasoning goes to wheather you like it or not. There are people that just can't sleep at night so, third shirt is good for them. As Lt120 said Admin goes home and gives you the freedom to be a little more creative in your job. Bow109 states the moonbats come out at night which is true. This is usually when you get the DUIs, domestics, and ect... The day shift handles complaints from the citizens about things missing from last night and children not listening. As for me I enjoyed the night shift for the reasons I just posted and many others but, as for now I work it because that leaves an adult home at all time for my children. Oh! I don't change my sleep schedule. My wife and I time activities when we are both awake.

There are a few things I really appreciate about 3rd shift police work 1) No admin. 2) I can get where the hell I'm going 3) and most importantly, NO Waste-of-my-time calls.  I don't get the somebody-broke-into-my-shed-two-weeks-ago-and-I-thought-I-should-call complaints.  No Grandma-passed-away-during-the-night calls and very few can-you-raise-my-kids calls.  Unless it's something thaat wakes them up, people usually don't call.  On the other hand, you do get to meet a lot of mentals, truck drivers and addicts and the occassional truck driving mental addict!  Its great fun!!

T'is good, we start at 1800hrs & go to 0600hrs. There's no Management and the critters (prisoners) are locked down by 1830hrs & if you got a good Supervisor & crew its a piece a cake!!!!! 

bow109 says ...

I love the nights thats when all the moonbats come out to play!

LOL... yup.

We work 12s, and I only like the night shift. If I could have straight nights, I'd go full time tomorrow. Day shift has too many people in the office looking over your shoulder, it is 20 degrees hotter, it just isn't as much fun...

I found the worlds darkest RV window tint and a set of 90 pound double lined draps that turn my bedroom into a crypt. No light. I have a floor fan that "tunes out" the day noise too. Those two things had the largest impact on my ability and eventual willingness to work and stay on the midnight shift. I started pulling back on the coffee around three or four in the morning and have had only minor problems falling flat on my face after work. The only things that upsets the mix are prep work on the new house I just bought so I can move into it, and call outs. Since that rotates I am not always on the bubble and in the end I don't lose too much sleep. Once we go to a 12 hour schedule during the RNC I may have to do some adjusting, but even that is only until the convention is over.

It was great fun for 2 years.......... now, that I am not on it I would never go back, but on the nights where I get called out, or we are working a dope deal late into the night, or night interdiction, I have great fun!  So I get the best of both worlds!  I am the head of my depts Narcotics team, so I get to set hours!  We have 8 guys on our team 4 uniformed 4 investigators...  I make up the shifts for the Narc's and right now we are on seconds, but with dope work.... we work when then dopers do so.......  We mainly do days and mids....... but I still get to play on nights...... But God I am happy knowing I can come off then when I want!

I love 3rd shift and would stay on nights if they would let me sucks that we have rotating shifts

I've worked mids for almost 14 yrs. with almost 2 years on days. I love mids.

Perks of mids.

1: Less traffic.

2: Cooler during the summer.

3: Less Brass.

4: Less Brass.

5: Don't have to play politics with mayors and such.

6: Court (automatic overtime for us)

Cons of mids.

1: lack of sleep.

2: miss out on alot of daytime fun.

3: court time cuts into sleep time.

4: biggest con (can screw up family time)

Vamp Shift is the Best Shift, hands down. At least for now. Once my hair turns gray I may reconsider :P

SEO says ...

Vamp Shift is the Best Shift, hands down. At least for now. Once my hair turns gray I may reconsider :P

SEO's immortal. No gray hair allowed! Now go kick some hippie butts.