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Can you be a police officer if you have heart problems?
Specifically, any candidate who takes medication for the control of blood pressure is not acceptable to the police service and should be disqualified. If any condition of the heart has been found that warrants further investigation in the opinion of the examining physician, an electrocardiogram test may be required.
Can police taser someone with a pacemaker?
According to a new US study published this month, the shock delivered by a typical TASER gun does not adversely affect heart implants. Fears that the TASER shock would act in the same way as a shock from a defibrillator have been found to be groundless.
What happens if you tase someone with a pacemaker?
Critics alleged that electroshock devices can damage delicate electrical equipment such as pacemakers, but tests conducted by the Cleveland Clinic found that Tasers did not interfere with pacemakers and implantable defibrillators.
Can police officers have anxiety?
Police officers show not only high levels of PTSD, but also depression, anxiety and suicide.
Can a police officer with a pacemaker be hired?
That means that a person can be hired with a pacemaker (and cannot be “not hired” solely because of the pacemaker) but if he or she would later have to leave police service for conditions associated with the pacemaker, they would receive no disability pension.
Do cops have to be physically fit to be a cop?
This would depend on the medical standard and policy set by the officer’s employer. There is no universal policy on this. Once an officer has passed the physical training in the police academy, he may never again have to demonstrate any physical fitness standard. This is one of the reasons there are so many overweight cops on the road.
Can you run with a pacemaker?
Modern pacemakers are tiny implantable devices, microprocessor controlled and only actually act when the need to, to keep above a certain level. Other than that, they shut off and don’t interfere with a heart rate above the minimum, so I needed to run, fight, whatever, it would still allow my heart rate to go up to whatever it needed to be.
Is a pacemaker a disqualifying condition for employment in Indiana?
In Indiana a cardiac pacemaker present before hiring is not considered a disqualifying condition, but is considered an excludable condition.