Physical fitness for part time SWAT teams

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dc.contributorLEMIT
dc.contributor.authorLister, Robert
dc.coverage.spatialTexas (United States, North and Central America : state)
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-24T15:53:26Z
dc.date.available2017-04-24T15:53:26Z
dc.date.created2016-09-08
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionExamines the need to implement minimum physical fitness standards for part-time SWAT teams to improve the health and safety of the officers and civilians.
dc.description.abstractImplementing a minimum physical fitness standard for part-time SWAT teams will help improve officers’ overall health and help improve the safety of the officers and the civilians. According to Tate (1999), research has shown “that individuals who maintain physical fitness standards have displayed the discipline and mental toughness to maintain a strenuous regimen are apt to be more focused on achieving tactical goals under adverse conditions” (p. 4). Currently, most part-time SWAT teams are not required to maintain minimum physical fitness standards, and the officer maintains his own physical fitness. The purpose of this research is to discuss the importance of implementing a minimum physical fitness standard to improve the officers’ overall health and safety. Requiring officers to maintain a physical fitness standard will help improve the officers’ health. Oldham (2001) stated “Every year more officer’s die from heart attacks or diseases related to the degradation of the body than all those who die from violent attacks and traffic accidents combined” (p. 74). A recommendation was made to have all part-time SWAT teams implement a minimum physical fitness standard.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication-pdf
dc.identifier.other1681
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2157
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherLaw Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT)
dc.rightsProduced under the auspices of LEMIT. Quotations from this paper must be cited.
dc.subjectphysical fitness
dc.subjectpolice heath and hygiene
dc.titlePhysical fitness for part time SWAT teams
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