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Police officer fitness: Current and future factors and impacts

Activity: Talk or presentationInvited talk

Description

Maintaining officer fitness is essential for effective policing, as poor fitness is linked to higher injury rates in trainees, absenteeism in attested officers, and decreases in operational outcomes (e.g. excessive use of force). Yet, rising sedentarism and obesity, reduced movement skills, and post-COVID impacts are shrinking the pool of fit recruits and increasing risks for serving officers. These trends pose increasing and significant challenges to recruiting, training, and sustaining a fit police workforce
Period25 Nov 2025
Event titleANZPAA: PC/25
Event typeConference
LocationMelbourne, AustraliaShow on map
Degree of RecognitionInternational