Absence from home

[sterna20]

As an officer, how do you cope with missing most or all of your family functions and events?

 

[dchalke]

Sure some things are unavoidable, you just have to do your best. You will have vacation days, personal days, maybe comp time, and even trade shifts with your fellow Officers.

 

[kwalsh477]

What you need to do is realize that you will not make every family function due to shift work, but you make the important ones.

 

[reesek8]

I was very active with my kids. Being involved in my kids activities was very important to me. I sometimes would trade a shift or take a day off. It also helped me that I had supervisors that had the same belief that family was very important. You just have to make it work.