Some say the new 8-hour shifts are retalation against ... chief to move East Chicago firefighters from a 24-hour shift to an eight-hour, rotating shift. The move will be “detrimental to the ...

Currently, officers work 10-hour shifts, four days a week (4 days-10 hours). As pointed out in the study, it gives officers three rotating days off -- meaning they don't always have the same off days.