PARE-Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation, on its way out.
Do we want our law enforcement officers grappling with suspects? The danger for injury or death is too great to expect a citizen to take a job for $100,000.00 which has policies that increase the already inherent danger?
Whether the style is Police Judo or Gracie's Brazilian Jiu Jitsu grappling shouldn't be the defensive tactic but integrated into a balanced system which keeps an officer on her/his feet and gives every advantage to them, regardless of any administrative blowback or the ubiquitous, "excessive force" post incident.
Although the final version with its physical requirements is still months away, a retired friend said, "I don't have to see the approved version to know I'd never pass it in the shape I'm in."
This is what I taught officers in the Defensive Tactics course I taught, "...physically control someone who's not co-operating with an officer's instructions."
"...whether you're 20 years old or 60, or whether you're 4 foot 11 or 6 foot 9,"
I always found it interesting the number of male recruits who had relied on their size to keep them safe through high school and some into university/college, who believed that alone would work for them as a police officer.
I found it sadly amusing that many of the recruits didn't believe they could be brought down by a female cadet half their size.
I worked with three women in the Secret Service and in over 20 years, never saw a male they couldn't take down and control.
It would be great if more law enforcement agencies had a yearly physical requirement. We see officers on the street and we know a chase could give them a heart attack.