This study sought the answer to the following major research question: (1) Is there a significant difference among police agencies who employ some type of physical fitness program and those that do not employ any type of program? / The major hypothesis generated six sub-hypotheses. Each hypothesis was tested by population group to determine whether officers within agencies who employ some type of physical fitness program retire at a lower rate, receive on-duty injuries at a lower rate, use sick leave at a lower rate, and die as a result of medical/health factors at a significantly lower rate than officers in agencies who do not employ any type of physical fitness program. / The population of this study was comprised of full-time law enforcement officers at the municipal and county level. Five hundred and twenty full-time law enforcement agencies were surveyed with 303 or 58.3% of the agencies responding. / The survey instrument was studied and validated by three members of the Institute for Aerobics Research, Dallas, Texas. The data collected were analyzed through the Chi-Square Test. The .05 level of significance was used for all statistical tests in this study. / There was a statistically significant difference among the responding agencies that employ some type of physical fitness program and those agencies that do not employ any type of physical fitness program. / The process employed in this research project presented enough data to support statistically the implementation of some type of physical fitness training and evaluation program for law enforcement agencies. / The responding agencies provided some very meaningful data on causes for early retirement and limited duty assignments. The findings suggest the seriousness of medical/health conditions in general and heart-related conditions in particular, as well as the effects of stress, in terms of the numbers of officers who are forced to retire early or who are placed on limited duty assignments. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-12, Section: A, page: 3822. / Thesis (Educat.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75256 |
| Contributors | WINFIELD, ALFRED JOHN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 192 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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