Police Officers Should be Subject to Physical Fitness Tests

In today’s society, police officers should be physically fit.  Most of the criminals are fit, or at least trim, so why shouldn’t our cops?  I don’t hate cops, I don’t hate what they stand for, and I kinda fear their authority (even though I’m grown up now and not the delinquent that I once was, I still get a little nervous when I’m on the road and a cop is following me), and I’m even for cops getting higher pay.  It’s a dangerous job, they should get paid A LOT more!

But when I see a fat, out of shape cop, it’s just embarrassing.  We live in a very contradictory society where there’s a lot of pressure to be thin and in shape, while there’s so much crap food that you can buy cheap out on the market.  But when you envision a cop, you think of someone that is physically fit with a badass attitude, or maybe that’s just the movies…

Well anyway, here’s an article that makes the argument that cops should be physically fit as part of their job, meaning that they have to stay in shape throughout their career because of the strenuous nature of the job.

Police One article

I have to agree with the article because, like I said before, most of the criminals are fit and active…except for the usual crack addicts and meth heads…but a lot of criminals are scrappy and most of them could probably outrun a cop.  Police officers don’t have to look like Sylvester Stallone-badass-supercops, but they could get into a fitness routine that keeps them in shape.  You have to pass a fitness test to get into police academy, you should have to pass fitness tests to keep your career as well.

Besides, there’s nothing stereotypically funnier than seeing a cop eating a donut!