Make Physical Fitness a Priority with a Few Simple Steps

摘要

Many law enforcement agencies use physical fitness tests, which include cardiovascular (cardio) and flexibility components, to ensure new hires can handle the physical demands of police work. This fitness demand carries through recruit training, and officers are often in the best shape of their lives after graduating from the academy. But what happens to officers' fitness levels when day-to-day police work begins? Law enforcement can be a sedentary job, often including hours spent patrolling in cars and completing paperwork. Statistically speaking, a police officer is 25 times more likely to die from cardiovascular disease than from action in the field.~1