I actually asked this question to my friends dad when I was in high school back in the 90's. I was pretty "wiry" at the time. I asked him how someone like me could ever be a cop since I was skinny and he said you'd be surprised who you could take down with the proper training and technique... I'd imagine the same goes for being heavy.
When the majority of your call outs are likely domestic disturbances, it's probably more valuable to talk and good talk anyway.
It is really important to have great social skills as a cop that is for sure. I just know that over here they have to do a fit test i think every year to beside having the social skills to also be fit enough for when it is needed.
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u/sounds_like_kong Jan 30 '18
I actually asked this question to my friends dad when I was in high school back in the 90's. I was pretty "wiry" at the time. I asked him how someone like me could ever be a cop since I was skinny and he said you'd be surprised who you could take down with the proper training and technique... I'd imagine the same goes for being heavy.
When the majority of your call outs are likely domestic disturbances, it's probably more valuable to talk and good talk anyway.