Download or read book Physical Fitness Programs for Law Enforcement Officers written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Fit for Duty written by Robert Hoffman and published by Human Kinetics. This book was released on 2015-03-10 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When facing threats of violence and terrorism, law enforcement officers are often critical first responders. The ability of these officers to be alert, physically ready, and mentally prepared to handle the hazardous situations that are a regular part of the profession is essential to their agencies and the communities they protect. Fit for Duty, Third Edition With Online Video, provides practical information on creating and implementing physical fitness and wellness programs to help law enforcement officers fulfill their demanding job requirements. Authors Robert Hoffman and Thomas R. Collingwood offer a comprehensive resource with job-specific training and strategies supported by more than 60 years of experience helping law enforcement officers achieve physical fitness and lead healthier lives. Now fully updated with current statistics, anecdotes, and research from agencies across North America, Fit for Duty, Third Edition, contains the following: · Expanded content on physical readiness that provides guidelines and helps readers understand how their fitness affects their ability to perform · A new chapter on nontraditional training that provides instruction on incorporating stability and medicine ball exercises, circuit training, plyometrics, Pilates, and yoga into exercise routines · Accompanying online video that demonstrates 40 test protocols and exercises, showing officers how to properly perform the recommended activities · Reproducible checklists and forms that make instruction easy and allow officers to incorporate fitness into daily routines · An image bank that contains all the forms, figures, tables, and technique photos from the book Fit for Duty, Third Edition, is divided into four progressive sections. The text starts with big-picture information on fitness assessment, beginning with the general fitness levels of the entire nation and then focusing on how fit law enforcement officers compare to the general population. Part II explains the importance of physical fitness and how to train in each of those specific areas to increase cardiorespiratory endurance, muscular strength and endurance, explosive strength, flexibility, agility, speed, and anaerobic power. Part III focuses on lifestyle components of fitness, including diet and nutrition, weight management, stress management, smoking cessation, and the prevention of substance abuse. Part IV ties together all information from the previous sections into achievable plans and goals. It also explains how to avoid common hurdles and pitfalls of adopting lifestyle changes so that officers will have positive results. Throughout the text, exercise drills are featured in a numbered, step-by-step format so that people of all fitness levels can easily follow them. With this text, law enforcement instructors and administrators can establish complete and customized fitness programs that prepare current and future officers in every branch of service. Individual officers will receive the tools they need to improve their fitness levels, which will help them in many situations they might encounter.
Download or read book Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement Officers written by United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An In depth Study of Physical Fitness Training for Law Enforcement Officers written by Gary Dennis Tindel and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Emotional Survival for Law Enforcement written by Kevin M. Gilmartin and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is designed to help law enforcement professionals overcome the internal assaults they experience both personally and organizationally over the course of their careers. These assaults can transform idealistic and committed officers into angry, cynical individuals, leading to significant problems in both their personal and professional lives.
Download or read book Physical Fitness for Law Enforcement Officers written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Physical Fitness Programs for Law Enforcement Officers written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The S W A T Workout written by Stewart Smith and published by Hatherleigh Press. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the rigorous physical training tactics employed by America's Special Weapons And Tactics teams, outlining a six-week program of calisthenics, weights, and speed drills as well as a twelve-week program designed to keep physical performance at a top level, in a reference that is complemented by demonstrative photographs and nutrition tips.
Download or read book Designing the Fitness Program written by John LeCuyer and published by PennWell Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public safety work is dangerous, and the link between fitness and remaining injury-free has been well established by research. Designing the Fitness Program examines the physical demands on public safety officers, as well as an array of related health and safety issues. In proposing that each public safety organization implements a fitness program for its personnel, the author provides a variety of options for ensuring that the standards and test regimens adopted by a department are suitable, both in terms of individual members and the roles that they fulfill. His unique, thought-provoking analysis of test protocols will help organizations avoid many of the pitfalls associated with modern labour laws and declaring anyone, weather rehabilitated member or new recruit, fit for duty.Contents: Part 1: Analysis Identifying the problem Standards and legal aspects The labour/management agreement Part II: Design Fitness defined Basic design plan The design matrix Part III: Development Staff and resources Test selection an development Developing the pilot study Part IV: Implementation Conducting the pilot study Part V: Education Standards and statistics Exercise recommendations and training Evaluating the program Part VI: Supplemental programs Work/injury management Wellness Physical performance Appendices.
Download or read book Stress Management with Routine Physical Fitness Amongst Law Enforcement Officers written by Adam P. Marmolejo and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is no secret that police officers have one of the most stressful jobs in the United States. With the increase expectations in job performance, shift schedules, organizational demands, and personal life, officers have little to no time to exercise. This thesis will examine the importance of a routine physical fitness program for officers as a way to manage stress. The Delphi Method is the survey method used for data collection, using experts in the field of police work, fitness, and physical or mental stress. Data entry and analyses were performed using Predictive Analytics Software Statistics 18. Police Officers experience mental and physical ailments associated with prolonged stress and physical training exercises can increase a police officers' resiliency helping them maintain or gain physical and mental hardiness and manage stress. This thesis recommends recommends that all law enforcement agencies implement a mandated exercise program to assist officers with stress therefore making them more fit to perform their duties and help manage the stress associated with police work.
Download or read book Examining Officers Physical Fitness Needs in University Campus Police Departments written by Sarah Davis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: Law enforcement officers have a unique job description. Long periods of sedentary behavior are intermixed with moments of required physical exertion. The purpose of this study was to assess the need of a regulated exercise training program, the effect of the motivational environment of a workout facility, and the need for incentives to benefit law enforcement officers' health and physical fitness levels. Participants included 76 (62 male) active law enforcement officers employed by a university in the Big XII conference. Measures included a fifty-four item questionnaire including demographic information, specific health and exercise questions and questions concerning specific incentives to increase exercise adherence. The Commitment to Exercise Scale and the Perceived Motivational Climate in Exercise Questionnaire are two previously validated surveys that were also used. University police departments were contacted via email and asked for their willingness to participate. Upon agreement an email was sent containing the link to the online Qualtrics survey. The survey was available for one month. Descriptive statistics were calculated for the Commitment to Exercise Scale and the Perceived Motivational Climate Scale. Demographics and total responses for health and exercise questions also were examined using descriptive statistics. Frequencies were calculated for gender, individual health information and individual exercise information. Results found the average BMI was 29.43 which is classified as overweight. The most common health symptom was high blood pressure. The majority (51.4%) spent 3-5 days per week participating in exercise. Police officers in the Big XII perceive the climate within their fitness facility as ego-involving which involves individuals being motivated by extrinsic factors as opposed to the desirable intrinsic motivators. Incentives that are important to this population include the ability to earn time off or being promoted. These results are important because it is apparent that the current fitness regimens being performed are not successful in decreasing health complications. This population, which is at a greater risk for cardiovascular disease and is involved with a known stressful occupation, will benefit from participating in a regulated physical fitness regimen.
Download or read book Physical Fitness as a Factor in Performance on the Job in Law Enforcement written by Robert William F. Williams and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author hypothesized that reasonable investment of effort and funds into carefully constructed and well-monitored fitness programs will improve the performance of law enforcement personnel. The report, which is divided into three main sections, evaluates contemporary literature, examines existing programs, and emerging technology. It does not evaluate current, longitudinal studies that relate to possible improvement of a police officer's ability to perform specific tasks, but with physical fitness as a means of increasing the probability of preserving law enforcement operating personnel. Studies in the private sector report significant return for time and funds spent on fitness programs. Benefits, costs, and tradeoffs in fitness programs are examined. Studies indicating program effects on such factors as use of sick time, medical claims, medical retirements, individual competence, ability to recruit new personnel, and vulnerability to vicarious liability are discussed. Decision making about developing and implementing a physical fitness program are discussed, and details of management theory implemented in the Downey Police Department (California) are examined. Trends that may impact on the future of fitness programs in law enforcement are also discussed.
Download or read book Mandatory Physical Fitness for Duty Programs on Retention of Patrol Officers written by Steven M. Loyd and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three scenarios were developed on the basis of the future trends and events forecasted by a panel of law enforcement personnel and fitness and disability professionals as likely to have an impact on the imposition of mandatory physical fitness programs on a medium size law enforcement agency in California. The panel projected five major trends as likely to have an impact on the imposition of mandatory physical fitness programs: level of disability retirement, level of physical violence, level of fitness of police officers, incidents of work-related injuries, and the effect of fitness standards on women and minority police officers. Further, the panel projected the potential occurrence of five major events with varying probability that would have a substantial impact: the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) creates minimum physical agility entry standards; agencies are held liable for failing to provide opportunities for employees to maintain adequate physical fitness; mandatory fitness for duty physical standards are adopted; the use of deadly force doubles since 1990; and technology reduces the need for physical standards for police officers.
Download or read book The Effects of Physical Fitness Policies on Law Enforcement Officers Physical Fitness Levels written by Tina Hall and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most law enforcement agencies have minimum physical standards for new hires; however, few agencies have physical fitness standards for members once they are hired. Many law enforcement officers experience a decrease in physical fitness levels as their years of law enforcement service increase. The decrease in physical fitness levels causes a reduction in the ability to perform job duties and increases health consequences. This study explored the relationship of physical fitness levels of sworn law enforcement members from agencies with and without enforced physical fitness standards. Anonymous surveys were completed by 1240 sworn law enforcement officers from eight state law enforcement agencies. The researcher conducted confidential telephone interviews with the agency heads or representatives from eight state law enforcement agencies. The data was analyzed to determine if physical fitness standards policies affected the physical fitness levels of sworn members. The participants' opinions on their physical fitness level, their peers' fitness, and department-mandated physical fitness standards contributed to this study. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) testing showed agency physical fitness standards affect the physical fitness level of sworn members and the number of time members spent maintaining or improving their physical conditioning.
Download or read book Fitness Promotion Programs in Law Enforcement written by Donna Brown and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fitness promotion programs in law enforcement are relatively new, are characterized by a divergence of program objectives, may be voluntary or mandatory with respect to program participation, may or may not contain performance standards for maintaining employment or receiving certain benefits, and are subject to various legal considerations with respect to employment rights and privileges. The divergence that exists in program objectives is exemplified by the two major program types -- job-related programs which focus on the assessment of those physical capabilities required to perform spec job tasks, and health-related programs which focus on overall health and wellness. This report represents the culmination of a major effort by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to respond to the need of law enforcement agencies for information on fitness promotion programs. It is intended for use as a resource document by agencies considering the implementation of such a program. None of the specific programs or program elements described in the document are endorsed by POST. Rather, all information contained in the document has been included in the belief that it will assist agencies in making better informed judgments about local program needs and features.
Download or read book Stress and the Police Officer written by Katherine W. Ellison and published by Charles C Thomas Publisher. This book was released on 2004 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Good policing is not impossible. The reactions that have been associated with stressors are not inevitable. Many officers retire in good physical and emotional health and 100 back on their careers with pleasure. In a situation where stressers have led to maladaptive behavior on the part of individuals or organizations, change is called for. Change must be constant, as social conditions in the world around us vary. The police represent a force for the order necessary for society to function. It is not an easy job, but it is one that is worth doing well."
Download or read book Police Training and Performance Study written by George P. McManus and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
