Texas state troopers begin mandatory weight loss program
Department of Public Safety troopers keep watch on the border at Del Rio, Texas, on Wednesday, July 30, 2021. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent the Texas National Guard and troopers to stop the migration.
Over 200 officers have failed the requirement – though all except two had passed the department's other physical fitness tests, the Dallas Morning NewsThose who still fail the requirement by Dec. 1 can't be promoted or take on side jobs in uniform, according to documents shared with the Chronicle. Some will also be barred from working overtime or removed from enforcement duties altogether, taking them out of the field at a time when Gov.
The waistline rule began in 2019 and drew a lawsuit that year from the Texas Department of Public Safety Officers Association. The organization, which represents 4,700 DPS employees,as"demeaning" and unrelated to performance. After pandemic delays through 2020, the department began using the new measures to evaluate officers last September.
In a statement to the Chronicle, a DPS spokesperson said the department would reevaluate the rule in August but pointed to the department's overall fitness policy to justify the waistline requirement. "There is not a great deal that others can do to improve an officer’s level of health and fitness," the policy objective states."Unfortunately, good health and fitness does not 'just happen'; therefore, personal goals must be established and effort must be put forth to achieve them."
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