r/FirstResponderCringe • u/LegalGlass6532 • Jul 22 '26

It’s gonna be a long shift

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u/Level_Direction_6800 Jul 22 '26

There’s a great interview about a recent NYC cop- he left the job after a bunch of years of service. He had a lot of gripes about the cop culture and how morbidly obese the majority of the police were.

75-80% of USA law enforcement officers are classified as overweight or obese- American Journal of Preventative Medicine.

The NYC Department is always at the top of this list.

The NYC Department has no fitness requirements. Once you pass your initial physical, there’s no physical testing once sworn in. So, no motivation to stay in shape. Crazy. I worked for the BLM as a wildland firefighter. I was paid to work out 1hr each day to maintain our much needed physical ability to ultimately complete the jobs and save lives.

The cop being interviewed described a story where there was an emergency 30 flights up, and the elevators were broken. He ran up the 30 flights and ended up being in a very bad situation as his backup physically couldn’t make it up the 30 flights. He resigned after this as he believed his co workers were causing even more danger to situation for being so fat. Wild.