Cheif Wiggum could not be reached for comment.
Dognuts!
Cheif Wiggum could not be reached for comment.
The firefighters part is very surprising.
Donut shop commandoes
You would think that if law enforcement is so dangerous as so many self righteously claim that cops would be among the fittest.
I am not at all surprised at this. I used to handle claims brought against law enforcement officers and their departments under 42 USC 1983 (i.e., claims for violations of civil rights). Without exaggeration, I’d say fully 70% of our cop clients were “big boys and girls.”
Bad cop!
No donut!
Oh this one is going to be funny.
This fails to mention the effect that stress has on the human body. Stress causes weight gain.
Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters are extremely stressful.
For a firefighter to go from a dead sleep to fully operational ready in 30 seconds stresses a body.
A good portion of both jobs requires hours of waiting for all hell to break loose.
Not conducive to a healthy life.
This fails to mention the effect that stress has on the human body. Stress causes weight gain.
Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters are extremely stressful lifestyles.
For a firefighter to go from a dead sleep to fully operational ready in 30 seconds stresses a body.
A good portion of both jobs requires hours of waiting for all hell to break loose.
Not conducive to a healthy life.
UNIONS
They hate physical standards of any kind.
But, if they don’t stroke out, they all go home safe.
That is all that matters.
Bang!
Couldn’t find the study.
I assume they don’t differentiate between ‘obese’ and ‘big’.
This analysis (one hesitates to call the mere assembly of statistics a “study”) is based on reports of BMI, a height/weight comparison that regularly reports the most muscular athletes and entertainers as “obese.” The police officers and firemen I see working out in our county fitness facility are not fat, but their BMI might report that way, even though their weight is muscle.
It is possible that obesity is a significant problem among police forces, but these stats don’t prove it.
Those pesky donuts.
I think this is hooey, because they are using the Body Mass Index (BMI) as their basis. If you are a tall person with an Arnold body, you will register as “obese” even if your body fat is minimal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Body_mass_index#Limitations_and_shortcomings
“Mathematician Keith Devlin and the restaurant industry association Center for Consumer Freedom argue that the error in the BMI is significant and so pervasive that it is not generally useful in evaluation of health. University of Chicago political science professor Eric Oliver says BMI is a convenient but inaccurate measure of weight, forced onto the populace, and should be revised.”
I live in a smaller town in TX. The local cops look way younger and fitter (more fit) than those in the pic above. 41% seems very high from what I see. But, then again most of the cops I see are out and about. Not just sitting in front of a phone and PC all day.
The firefighters one surprises me.
My buddy’s SIL is a ff/paramedic and when we visited the station they’re all into running triathlons and look totally buff.
They have to pass this running/climbing test with all the gear on every 6 months or so, it looked pretty tough.