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Tag: fitness standards
Patrol
Texas DPS Sets Maximum Waistline Measurements for Officers
Some officers with the Texas Department of Public Safety may have to slim down if they wish to keep their jobs with the agency.
October 4, 2019
Patrol
Texas DPS to Start Tracking Troopers' Waistlines
Beginning this month, the Texas Department of Public Safety will begin recording the height, weight and "waist [belly] measurement" of its 4,297 commissioned officers during their routine physical readiness tests to determine if they are obese.
March 9, 2018
Patrol
Judge Rules CO Agency's Fitness Test Discriminates Against Female Officers
The test "shamed and ostracized" the 12 plaintiffs - many of them decorated officers with decades of service - while providing "meaningless" results, ruled U.S. District Judge Richard Matsch.
July 13, 2017
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: Texas Agency Implements Innovative Officer Wellness Program
Cedar Park (TX) Police Chief Sean Mannix is implementing what he calls the most comprehensive wellness program in the country. He is aiming to improve everything from an officer's mental health to how they manage their finances and he says all of this will make officers better to serve the public.
October 9, 2015
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
Patrol
The Numbers Don't Lie, But They May Be Misleading.
Nobody should have ignored the disparaging percentages of men and women who pass the fitness testing to become a Pennsylvania State Police officer, but the problem may not be in the testing.
August 14, 2014
Special Units
Redefining Fit for Duty
An officer's physical fitness is a concern not just because the officers are overweight and might develop a debilitating health condition in their later years. It's an officer survival issue. It could put an officer at a serious disadvantage when he or she faces a more physically fit bad guy who has the mindset to win.
July 31, 2008
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