What is the purpose of having SWAT members run 1.5 miles? Seems they would be more focused on short sprints like 40 or 50m.
What is the purpose of having SWAT members run 1.5 miles? Seems they would be more focused on short sprints like 40 or 50m.
Chief Wiggum: This is Papa Bear. Put out an APB for a male suspect, driving a... car of some sort, heading in the direction of, uh, you know, that place that sells chili. Suspect is hatless. Repeat, hatless.
Homer: I can't wait until they throw his hatless butt in jail.
Chief Wiggum: [reading a tombstone, talks into his "radio"] Put out an APB on a Uosdwis R Dewoh. Uh, better start with Greektown.
Joe Friday: That's Homer J Simpson, chief. You're reading it upside down.
Chief Wiggum: Uh, cancel that APB. But, uh, bring back some of them, uh, gyros.
Joe Friday: Uh, chief, you're talking into your wallet.
[Chief Wiggum's wallet flips open]
george j wrote:
the video in the first link, some guy took 26 minutes to run a mile and a half, i'd laugh except he is making $91,000 a year...
that would not even be a brisk walk, and i am talking regular walking, not the race walking.
Lots of reasons I could think of but this is the first:
Do you really want an out of breath, trigger happy dude aiming at the guy holding a gun to you or your loved one's head after sprinting in a building or up multiple flights of stairs?
Being able to catch your breath is critical to accurately shooting a gun.
What is the purpose of having SWAT members run 1.5 miles? Seems they would be more focused on short sprints like 40 or 50m.
Delano (small town in Central California) PD invented S.W.A.T. and L.A.P.D. took the idea and fashioned the idea into civilian versions of the elite Green Berets, Navy Seals, Air Force Para Rescue. Since 9-11-2001, many city S.W.A.T. units exceed DoD specifications in Special Forces requirements and training, most notably New York City and Los Angeles. Plus nearly every federal and state law enforcement agency has adopted their own special forces units patterned after extreme L.A.P.D. and N.Y.P.D. requirements. Denver P.D. has obviously lagged behind these emergency times of the War on Terroism ;-[
They put their life on the line for us. I am thankful for their courage and skill. Thinking that hiding behind a guy with some width could be a good thing...
Do you really think ANY SWAT guy in the world gives a shit about how fast he can run? His response would be 'can you outrun a bullet?'
Jeff Gordon wrote:
Do you really think ANY SWAT guy in the world gives a shit about how fast he can run? His response would be 'can you outrun a bullet?'
The point is that they are in terrible shape, and apparently the best that the department has to offer. Pretty sad stuff.
Overpaid a*holes used to terrorize the populace into conformity as good worker drones for the elite.
With overtime pay, cops make $250,000 per year, so they should at least look like they deserve it. Hell even prove it by passing monthly drug tests and fitness tests, and yealy financial background checks.
Chief Wiggum: This is Mama Bear. Put out an APB for a female suspect, driving a... truck of some sort, heading in the direction of, uh, you know, that place that sells pizza. Suspect is hatless. Repeat, hatless.
Homer: I can't wait until they throw his hatless butt in jail.
out of shape donut eaters wrote:
Among the tests:
- Doing one pull-up with a 40 pound weight attached
- Running 1 1/2 miles in just under 14 minutes (hahahahaha!)
- Doing 35 pushups in a minute
- Doing 37 situps in a minute
A CBS4 investigation has found that about one third of the members of the Denver Police Department’s elite Metro SWAT Unit have been routinely flunking their semi-annual physical fitness exams...
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2012/09/27/denver-swat-members-failing-fitness-tests/
Fat out of shape cops surprise you? How long have you been living under a rock?
You think someone has to be in great shape to wrap up some liberal wife beater or crack the heads of some smelly occupy hippie on wall street?
Shit ain't like the movies dumbazz.
Night Runner wrote:
I'd like to see one skinny runner do one pull-up with a 40 lbs weight.
I'd like to see a skinny runner fight their way out of a wet paper bag. But that is asking a whole lot!
I'm sure that they all have a "cops and queers" moustache, though.