Fitter Cops = Fewer Mistakes?
September 18, 2006
Could a lot of wrongful shootings and other police accidents be prevented if police officers were in better physical condition? The answer seems to be, Yes, according to strength-and-conditioning expert (and all around braianiac), Charles Poliquin. Read the first question of this Q&A for more details. Among many interesting tid-bits is this:
The University of Montreal did a study and found that the average cop has a body fat of 23%. The average felon's body fat was 8%. The average cop's VO2Max [a measure of cardiovascular fitness - the higher the number, the better ] was 37; the average felon's was 55.