Most officers come out of the academy in the best physical shape of their lives. Shortly thereafter the strains of shift life and rigors of police work begin to take their toll.
Unfortunately, the reverse is true for offenders who go to prison: many enter the system suffering from the effects of a chemical addiction or a life as a couch potato. Through a program of mandated sleep through confinement, three meals a day and all the weights they care to lift, they come out muscle bound, hardened criminals.
Yes. All types of government jobs require a physical test. When you're a forensic scientist, you are pretty much a police officer. You carry a gun, badge, and the right to arrest people. So yes you are required to take a physical fitness test to be a forensics scientist.
Becoming a security officer not only requires physical fitness, intellect, and a commanding personality, you must also know what to do in various situations. Due to these requierments, the best place to study would be at a police acadamy.
The Philadelphia PD would be the best ones to ask, but in most cases you can be hired as a police officer with a prosthesis such as a titanium femur, so long as you can still pass the necessary physical fitness tests.
Because a police officer may have to run after and catch a fit criminal to make an arrest.
Unions.
Yes, a police officer undergoes a physical bootcamp before joining their department. The bootcamp helps trains them on how to move with a weapon.
If you enjoy helping and encouraging people, physical therapy is a great job. If you enjoy physically and mentally challenging work while upholding the law, become a police officer.
you test the components of fitness in your body. They fall under two categories: Health Related Fitness (HRF) and Skill Related Fitness (SRF)
High School Diploma/GED, pass physical fitness exam
Yes, because Police must have a certain level of fitness to take down bad guys. Its part of the job.
If being a police officer is what you want to do with your life, then having job satisfaction will of course improve your over-all sense of pleasure in life. However, there are no special mental or physical benefits of being a police officer over any other profession.
Don't get arrested and stay in good physical condition.