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"There are, in the world, brave men and women who lay down their lives every day to protect the nation internally, and it is very apparent that even these heroes suffer from sleep deprivation due to the taxing schedule they are forced to follow. This schedule causes many physiological effects along with psychological effects that influence how well and how effective they are in the field.  This paper focuses on how sleep deprivation effects law enforcement physiologically and more specifically psychologically.  These effects have long standing impacts on the person and carry over to the job daily.  With the exhausting schedule of long shifts and disruptive nights on call, some law enforcement never settle their sleep debt.  In reference to this knowledge, there must be a way to combat these long standing effects of the job schedule, to fix this, the paper will examine the possibility of different work schedules and required sick or personal days to allow for the chance at recovering after a long haul on the job.  These solutions, hopefully, can shed insight into a way to help these men and women do their job in the most effective and healthy way without them leaving the job injured physically or mentally due to a lack of sleep."