Police Duty Act Article 16

The arrangement of police duty hours is normally four hours of active duties followed by eight hours of passive duties; other arrangements may also be adopted if necessary.During duty hours, officers shall be scheduled to perform different duties, each duty is usually 2-4 hours depending on the available police force and workload. In special circumstances, the length of certain duties shall be shortened or extended. Nevertheless, household visits shall be basically scheduled for 2-4 hours a day to balance the officer’s workload.Duty officers shall get eight consecutive hours’ sleep a day, and the length of midnight shift shall not exceed the four-hour limit unless there are special missions to fulfill.