Obesity Warning for Police Officers

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  • Noel Otu The University of Texas at Brownsville

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v6i3.3489

Keywords:

Policing, Physically Fit, Obesity, Danger

Abstract

Obesity Warning for Police Officers: Police officers are law-abiding citizens who wear a uniform to enforce the laws. They have the right to remain obese, but it can and will be used against them in the line of duty. This study discusses the need for police departments to institute programs that prepare and maintain healthy officers who can perform their jobs well throughout their careers. The study reveals the absolute need for police officers to be physically and mentally fit and argues that obese and unfit officers are dangers to themselves and to the public. Recommendations are made for police departments and officers to utilize in recruiting and training future officers and in educating veteran officers in order to maintain healthy and fit police officers. Although society is responsible for the kind of police it chooses to have, but policing is a physically demanding occupation and too important to be left to the unfit individuals.

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Author Biography

Noel Otu, The University of Texas at Brownsville

 Associate Professor of Criminal Justice. The University Of Texas at Brownsville Department of Criminal Justice  80 Fort Brown Brownsville, Texas 78520 Phone (956) 882 8995  Email :noel. otu@UTB.edu Noel Otu, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University of Texas at Brownsville. His research interests include ethnic behavior, culture and crime, and Police brutality. His recent publications have appeared in several leading criminological journals, including The Justice Professional, International Journal of Comparative And Applied Criminology and Criminal Justice, International Journal of police Science & Management. The Police Journal, Journal Of Nigerian Affairs, and African Journal of Criminology & Justice Studies.

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Published

2015-01-14

How to Cite

Otu, N. (2015). Obesity Warning for Police Officers. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH, 6(3), 1073–1082. https://doi.org/10.24297/jssr.v6i3.3489

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