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Health - Physical and Mental Fitness

Health - Physical and Mental Fitness

The Police Health - Physical and Mental Fitness topic provides cops with videos, training drills and expert advice to help ensure the officer’s head is straight and body is strong. Complete physical and psychological fitness - through regular trips to the gym, five-mile runs, and conversations with the police psychologist - is critical for an officer to perform the job to maximum potential.
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News

Calif. K-9 hurt after thrown out window

Jaris suffered a gash on his head and was bleeding from the nose and staggering after the incident - Full Story

News

Paralyzed Ore. cop learns 'new normal'

An accident has left the officer re-learning how to to everyday things and accept the help of others - Full Story

Columns

5 ways to keep your mind sharp Andrew Hawkes - Highway Drug Interdiction

5 ways to keep your mind sharp

Our job is often tougher mentally than it is physically, so here’s a way to use a pre-tour patrol checklist to increase your mental preparedness - Full Story

Columns

Words of wisdom for a young woman officer Doug Wyllie, PoliceOne Editor in Chief - 10-43: Be Advised...

Words of wisdom for a young woman officer

Lieutenant Terri Wilkin spent a quarter century with the Maryland State Police, serving in a wide variety of assignments — patrol, investigations, intelligence, and training, to name but a few - Full Story

Exclusives

A battle cry for 2013: 'Not even by my own hand'

A battle cry for 2013: 'Not even by my own hand'

Suicide is not the only way of dying by your own hand. You're dying by your own hand by not donning your vest, by driving too fast for the conditions and beyond the abilities of your vehicle and yourself, by letting complacency slip into your routine. - Full Story

Exclusives

Newtown shooting: What no cop should experience

Newtown shooting: What no cop should experience

This is a crime scene that no cop, EMS, or support person should ever have to experience. But it’s what we do. It is an unfortunate part of 'the job.' - Full Story

Tips

Tip for 2012: Take care of you!

Wow! This has been one heck of a year — the officer down page is once again above 100. I’m... - Full Story

Tips

Making time to work out

Several years ago, PoliceOne had an article by Sgt. Betsy Brantner Smith on staying in shape. Her article... - Full Story



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Health - Physical and Mental Fitness Columnists

Destroying Myths & Discovering Cold Facts Destroying Myths & Discovering Cold Facts
with Force Science Institute
Crisis Intervention and Domestic Violence Teams Crisis Intervention and Domestic Violence Teams
with Althea Olson and Mike Wasilewski