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Sleep disorders plague police officers

State Police fare better than most

By Deborah Kotz

 |  Globe Staff  

  December 20, 2011

While sleep disorders plague many Americans, police officers may fare worse than others, according to a new Brigham and Women’s Hospital study that found 40 percent have a chronic sleep problem, which in most cases had previously been undiagnosed. The national study published yesterday found that 26 percent of the officers reported that they fall asleep driving at least once a month because of excessive drowsiness. Massachusettts State Police officers, however, had markedly lower rates of sleep problems such as obstructive sleep apnea, insomnia, and shift work sleepiness.

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