Moving Past the One-Size-Fits-All Education-Training Model of Police Academies to the Self-Prescribed Individualized Exercise Prescription Model

Zacharias Papadakis, Andreas Stamatis, Filip Kukic and Nenad Koropanovski
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Zacharias Papadakis: Human Performance Laboratory, Barry University, Miami Shores, FL 33161, USA
Andreas Stamatis: SUNY Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY 12901, USA
Filip Kukic: Police Sports Education Center, Abu Dhabi Police, Abu Dhabi 253, United Arab Emirates
Nenad Koropanovski: Department of Criminalistics, University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 21, 1-19

Abstract: Law enforcement agencies generally employ the “one-size-fits-all” education-training model. Its effectiveness compared to alternative training models has been under scrutiny. Physical fitness scores of Serbian male (n = 98) and female (n = 79) police cadets during their yearly evaluation were compared. Cadets trained for the first 3 years with the “one-size-fits-all” model. In the fourth year, they self-prescribed an individualized exercise program based on the obtained curriculum knowledge. A two-way MANOVA revealed a significant effect of academic years on combined variables ( p < 0.001) and significant differences between academic years for deadlift, half squat, standing long jump, sit-ups and 12-min Cooper test time ( p < 0.001). Sex also had a significant main effect on combined variables ( p < 0.001) with males outscoring females on all of the fitness assessments. For pull-ups, there was a significant year * sex interaction ( p = 0.01) with the third year to be pivotal for female and male performance, respectively. In conclusion, the use of a “one-size-fits-all” model, presented differences in physical fitness scores between the years one to three, pointing to its questionable effectiveness. On the contrary, the self-prescribed individualized exercise program of the fourth year elicited greater fitness scores, indicating the need to evaluate the applicability of such a training model more.

Keywords: education-training; ability-based training; conditioning; tactical (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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