Abstract
A Retrospective and Comparative Analysis of the Physical Fitness of Custody Assistant Classes Prior to Academy Training
Highlights
Custody assistants (CAs) are law enforcement personnel that assist law enforcement officers (LEOs) and deputies with maintaining safety and security in custody detention, station jails, or court lockup facilities
Even without physical testing prior to academy, the custody assistants (CAs) classes from this law enforcement agency (LEA) seemed to be relatively similar in fitness
Physical training instructors should acknowledge that there may be select variances between certain classes
Summary
Custody assistants (CAs) are law enforcement personnel that assist law enforcement officers (LEOs) and deputies with maintaining safety and security in custody detention, station jails, or court lockup facilities. Not incorporating any physical testing prior to matriculation, in addition to the non-discriminatory hiring practices adopted by most LEAs,[5] could mean that the pool of potential qualified CA recruits is greater. This increase in pool size may be of benefit to the LEA in terms of increasing their ability to select the most viable recruits and as a means to fill any vacant positions. A possible by-product of this approach is that the number of potential qualified individuals, and the resulting accepted recruits, may have very different fitness levels prior to commencing the academy training period. The purpose of this study was to investigate the physical fitness of CAs across three different academy classes
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