Texas DPS institutes waistline requirements for officers

Men must be under 40 inches, and women under 35 inches. Critics say the requirements are unnecessary.

[southkiddJ]

Laughs in Army height and weight standards.
If they want to militarize the police, then this is needed.
You can’t have military grade equipment but civilian grade guts.

[MP-efmc]

This is fine with me, truck drivers don’t have a waistline requirement but we do have to keep ourselves somewhat healthy to keep our careers as well. I can’t eat what ever I want to and get diabetes and let my health go unchecked without putting my career on the line. There are consequences for your actions.

[vidaacheampong]

As they should be.. I never understood how they enforce intense physical abilities in the academy then BOOM no accountability afterwards this is a good thing 👍👌👏

[dcw]

Maybe stay away from the donuts and move around more.

[mercedesgomez]

Idk BUT troopers I have seen around my county are mostly thick

[topfueldrag]

their job is to protect and serve, how can they do that effectively while overweight?

[nunez]

we have one or two big boy DPS troopers in my area. They need to lose some pounds.

[deathreaper]

Lol she saying everything is bigger in Texas but it has a limit is hilarious 😂

[jerseycowboy]

My waist is 38 but my belly could be bigger! Haha

[horrorbiz]

They need to be physically and mentally fit. No excuses.

[MarioRodriguez-oxxh]

I want to see the police on my mirror of car

[zachwachs]

You gotta be in shape to keep up that roadside extortion racket. You can't write speeding tickets all day if you're waist is trim 🤣 seriously if you could be out of shape in any law enforcement profession it would be the highway patrol 🤣