This invaluable guide not only introduces law enforcement administrators to the many benefits of fitness programs, it also shows them how they can implement an effective program at their own agency using FitForce resources and services.
Written specifically for law enforcement administrators, the FitForce Administrator Guide contains answers to questions about law enforcement fitness that can't be found in any other single source. Featured in the guide is a discussion of the legal issues surrounding law enforcement fitness programs and an explanation of how FitForce tests, standards, and programs meet legal requirements.
The first half of the guide explains fitness basics and how they relate to law enforcement. Administrators will learn
* what the six areas of lifestyle fitness are and how to achieve fitness in each,
* how to achieve behavior change, and* why law enforcement agencies' participation in fitness programs has grown over the last 20 years.
The second half of the guide provides information that will help administrators set up a fitness program for the officers they work with. The book explains
* test validity, standards validity, and program validity;
* the main legal issues regarding fitness tests, standards, and programs;
* the nine steps in planning a fitness program;
* how to promote officer participation; and
* the advantages of using the FitForce program.
AUDIENCE
Resource for law enforcement administrators interested in learning about the benefits of fitness programs and as the support manual in FitForce Administrator Workshops. Reference for individuals in law enforcement who are interested in fitness and fitness programming.
CONTENTS
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. Why Officers Need to Be Fit
Total Fitness
Law Enforcement Fitness Facts
Fitness and Officers' Work Performance
America's Fitness and Health
Officers' Fitness and Health
The Costs of Poor Fitness
Fitness and the Quality of Life
Summary
Chapter 2 Achieving Total Fitness
Exercise
Nutrition
Weight Management
Stress Management
Smoking Cessation
Substance Abuse Prevention
How the Fitness Lifestyle Areas Interact
Measuring Your Agency's Fitness
Changing Behavior
Summary
Chapter 3. Law Enforcement Fitness Programs
Worksite Fitness Programs
Law Enforcement Fitness Programs
Developing Your Agency's Fitness Program
Summary
Chapter 4. Physical Fitness Testing, Standards, and Program Validation
Test Validity
Standards Validity
Program Validity
Legal Issues
FitForce Tests, Standards, and Programming
Summary
Chapter 5 Starting a Fitness Program
Developing Awareness of the Importance of Officer Fitness
Doing the Initial Planning
Determining Facilities and Equipment
Selecting and Training Program Personnel
Promoting Officer Participation
Summary
Chapter 6 The FitForce Program
Program Elements
Program Resources
Benefits of the Program
Final Questions
Summary
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Robert Hoffman retired from the United States Army as a lieutenant colonel in 1991 and is now director of FitForce. During his 22 years in the military, Bob completed assignments around the world. He commanded a Brigade Headquarters Company in Germany, a Ranger Company in Vietnam, and a Special Forces SCUBA Detachment at Fort Bragg, NC. He also commanded the 4th Ranger Training Battalion at Fort Benning, GA, where in addition to working with Rangers, Bob trained U.S. Drug Enforcement Agents who were being deployed to South America.
Bob spent 3 years as the director of training for the army's Soldier Physical Fitness School and brought the army's fitness program from the Dark Ages into the 21st century by helping to develop the army's Total Fitness program. He also spent 4 years as a professor in the Department of Physical Education at West Point. While there, he was an assistant cross-country and track coach and a junior varsity basketball coach.
Bob holds a master's degree in physical education from Indiana University. He is certified as a fitness instructor by the American College of Sports Medicine and as a Master Fitness Trainer by the U.S. Army. He is a member of the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers. Bob is the author of Running Together: The Family Book of Jogging, and he helped write the army's Physical Fitness Training field manual. Bob lives in Champaign, IL.
Prior to serving as the technical adviser for FitForce, Thomas R. Collingwood worked at the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas, TX, for 13 years. While there, Tom initiated the institute's involvement in law enforcement fitness and created the Police Fitness Instructors Course, which he used to train more than 7,000 police fitness instructors. He has helped more than 200 law enforcement agencies design fitness programs and standards and has also conducted more than 30 fitness standards validation studies within federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
Tom was a military policeman with the U.S. Army, a police psychologist for the Dallas Police Department, and training director for the Kentucky Department of Justice. He has served as the national fitness director for the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers and as a special consultant/clinician on law enforcement fitness to the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP).
Tom holds a master's degree in exercise science from the University of Kentucky and a doctorate in psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He has been recognized for his work in the field of law enforcement fitness by the IACP, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the U.S. Secret Service. He is also the recipient of the Healthy American Fitness Leaders award presented by the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports and the National Jaycees. Tom resides in Dallas, TX.
Patricia Sammann is a professional writer specializing in health and fitness. She has worked as an editor and writer at Human Kinetics for 9 years, much of that time working with the national YMCA of the USA on its program manuals. Pat has a master's degree in education from the University of Illinois, and she is the author of the YMCA Healthy Back Book and coauthor of the Y's Way to Fitness Walking.
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