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Careers
We Don't Need to Relax Recruit Fitness Standards, We need to Prepare Candidates Better
Fitness standards should not be lowered to accommodate anyone, male or female. The job is the job, and the physical requirements are the same for men and women officers.
August 25, 2014
Weapons
More Utah Law Enforcement Agencies Adopting, Enforcing Physical Fitness Standards
Many Northern Utah law enforcement agencies have implemented rules to ensure officers stay in tip-top shape throughout their careers.
September 29, 2005
Patrol
NYPD Relaxes Candidate Fitness Standards, Paper Says
The department replaced a solid faux 6-foot wall inside the Police Academy gym with a chain-link fence that’s easier to climb, according to official recruiting videos posted online.
July 6, 2022
Patrol
Cooper Institute Offers Law Enforcement Fitness Course
The Cooper Institute offers its Law Enforcement Fitness Specialist Course five times a year to teach officers "fitness leadership and technical skills" so they can avoid injury, according to the institute.
March 18, 2012
Patrol
Kansas Law Enforcement Recruits' Fitness Requirements May Change
Hoping to attract more potential recruits, some Kansas law enforcement agencies are studying the possibility of easing fitness requirements for applicants.
August 24, 2016
Patrol
Video: Colorado Springs Officers No Longer Have to Take Fitness Test After Lawsuit
Last Friday the Colorado Springs Police Department agreed to the demands of 12 female officers who filed a civil suit claiming the fitness tests are discriminatory. All the officers were over the age of 40.
November 12, 2015
Patrol
Reconciling the Duality of Defunding the Police and Demanding Higher Standards
The public, the press, and the political elites make all sorts of noise about wanting the very best of the best from the police. This legitimate desire—demand, even—is at least in part delegitimized when it comes from the same people who have vilified and eviscerated the police for the past half-decade.
January 6, 2023
SWAT
Incorporate Fitness Into Your SWAT Training
Part of the SWAT lifestyle is fitness; make no mistake about it. Teams should not have the "look" of a model but actually just good sound fit individuals to hold things together in a time of crisis.
August 11, 2013
Training
ILEETA 2023: Trainers Speak Out on Effects of Lowering Hiring Standards
The interwoven problems of staffing shortages and lowering hiring standards have a profound impact on law enforcement training and trainers. It's unsurprising then that during ILEETA 2023, the topic was discussed at length.
March 27, 2023
Training
Pennsylvania Agency Adds Agility Test for New Recruits
In the past, recruits had to meet physical standards set by the state’s Municipal Police Officers' Education and Training Commission. That has age and gender standards for sit ups, push-ups and runs of 300 meters and 1.5 miles.
November 6, 2023
Patrol
Functional Fitness
If you want to go to the next level and optimize your physical fitness and make it job relevant, read on.
May 3, 2010
Patrol
Law Enforcement Agencies Relaxing Hiring Standards
Police departments are relaxing age-old standards for accepting recruits, from lowering educational requirements to forgiving some prior drug use, to try to attract more people to their ranks.
November 15, 2016
Training
Officer Fitness: Burst Training
HIIT exercises can power you through your shifts.
July 8, 2019
Technology
MSAB joins CASE Initiative on Digital Forensic Standards
The CASE Initiative began in 2015 at the U.S. Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3). The standard was released as open source in 2017 and its adoption grew following a meeting at Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre. The primary motivation for CASE is interoperability—to advance the exchange of cyber-investigation information between tools and organizations.
June 28, 2018
Patrol
Officer Fitness: Peak Performance and Recovery Training
There are science-based methods that have been developed to help manage the physical and mental stresses placed on high-level athletes and these methodologies can be adapted to help manage the physical and mental stresses that are placed upon you by this profession.
September 1, 2016
Special Units
SWAT Fitness Training
Highlights of SWAT fitness training of officers preparing for the 2008 Connecticut SWAT Challenge.
December 3, 2009
Patrol
WI Officer Involved in 3 Fatal Shootings Faces Hearing Over Fitness to Serve
Officer Joseph Mensah's attorney, Jonathan Cermele, said Mensah is "completely capable" of performing all of the aspects related to his job.
November 6, 2020
Special Units
New Standards Simplify Glove Selection for Cops
The International Safety Equipment Association has published an updated standard for hand protection that helps users make better-informed decisions about which gloves are best for which tasks.
February 2, 2006
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