The point is to punish, not to protect. Fatasses can punish just fine.
Kind of an over simplification. Yeah, cops should ideally be fit-ish but even an obese person with a gun or a tazer can protect people, maybe not as well but still, and that doesn't take into account the fact that a lot of cops are not actually on the streets but rather in an office doing paperwork etc. The problems are:
to give an answer to a rhetorical question: because firing people based on weight is a can of worms being opened. while it's still technically not illegal to fire someone because their weight makes them "unfit," the ada can be invoked if said obesity is caused by a disorder (e.g., type 1 diabetes). this ignores the fact that it's hard to prove that someone would be unfit just for their weight; it just opens up employers to lawsuits. a simpler way to think about it would be to ask yourself if the guy handing out speeding tickets is "unfit for duty" solely because he's obese.
Just as well as any other cop
Police departments in general have severe problems, but I encounter police often in my work and can honestly say I've never encountered an officer for my city's dept who'd qualify as morbidly obese
I totally agree with your thought here, I've thought the same thing many times. I've see many very overweight cops stopping at gas stations and whatnot.
How can these guys chase down an assailant? Cops should be required to be fit. I'd say they need to prove weekly they can run a mile in like 8mins? Faster? Then, once per month they need to prove they can do a 5 mile, like 45-50 mins? Seems fair.
I mean, where are they? Most cops I've seen personally wouldn't even qualify as regular obese, let alone morbidly.
In a small Midwest town, if the police force has more than 3 members, I bet half of them are classified as obese.
I've definitely seen fat police officers in other countries.
By being racist?
Becauase people who are sensible and emotionally stable enough to be healthy probably aren't stupid or malicious enough to be cops.
You also can't be a cop at some stations if your IQ is tested too high.
They want obedient bullies, it's a low bar.
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