Programmes planned for overweight traffic police

BANGKOK: -- The Metropolitan Police Bureau plans put 85 traffic policemen who have waistlines over 40 inches on weight-loss regimens.

“Being overweight hinders their operations and hurts the image of the traffic police. Being overweight is also harmful to their health,” said Maj-General Montri Jamroon, deputy Metropolitan Police commissioner in charge of traffic.

His bureau was able to identify officers with weight problems after check-ups were conducted on the city’s 4,150 police officers.

Kluaynamthai Hospital has agreed to operate the weight-control programmes for the extra-large policemen free of charge.

In the first stage, all 85 heavyweights will participate in exercise sessions at the hospital at 4pm everyday.

The hospital will prepare dinners for the officers and give them booklets detailing what they should be eating for breakfast and lunch.

This stage will take two weeks, after which the participants’ waistlines will be measured once again.

Those who are losing weight will continue on the same regimen for the remaining two weeks of the programme.

Participants who show no change will undergo a more stringent programme for the remaining two weeks, including living at the hospital. They will be required to spend their time there eating properly and doing yoga, aerobics and other activities designed to shed fat.

After one week, a waistline check will be conducted and participants will be divided into two groups.

The first group will be for participants with a reduced waistline. They will continue on with the same programme.

The second group will be comprised of those whose figures remain rotund. This group will undergo acupuncture for weight loss in addition to their regular exercise and diet regimen.

After completing the one-month programme, participants who do not lose any weight at all will continue on a stringent regimen at the hospital for another month.

“If any officer remains just as fat after the two-month programme, we will assign that officer to a desk job instead and not have them working on the roads anymore,” Montri said.

--The Nation 2005-06-16

The soot they're breathing on a daily basis will kill them way before fat does.

I'm surprised the authorities haven't thought of loosening up the uniforms a bit. They usually do pretty well at hiding things from the public

Programmes planned for overweight traffic police

BANGKOK: -- The Metropolitan Police Bureau plans put 85 traffic policemen who have waistlines over 40 inches on weight-loss regimens.

“Being overweight hinders their operations and hurts the image of the traffic police. Being overweight is also harmful to their health,” said Maj-General Montri Jamroon, deputy Metropolitan Police commissioner in charge of traffic.

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“If any officer remains just as fat after the two-month programme, we will assign that officer to a desk job instead and not have them working on the roads anymore,” Montri said.

--The Nation 2005-06-16

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Deskjobs ´ll help them to loose weight...

Hehe

Deskjobs might.

Afterall the revenue raising potential will be severley limited,lifestyle could be curtailed.

Programmes planned for overweight traffic police

BANGKOK: -- The Metropolitan Police Bureau plans put 85 traffic policemen who have waistlines over 40 inches on weight-loss regimens.

“Being overweight hinders their operations and hurts the image of the traffic police. Being overweight is also harmful to their health,” said Maj-General Montri Jamroon, deputy Metropolitan Police commissioner in charge of traffic.

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“If any officer remains just as fat after the two-month programme, we will assign that officer to a desk job instead and not have them working on the roads anymore,” Montri said.

--The Nation 2005-06-16

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Deskjobs ´ll help them to loose weight...

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“If any officer remains just as fat after the two-month programme, we will assign that officer to a desk job instead and not have them working on the roads anymore,”

Why not transfer them to road work department, make them join in the road repair team.

They'll just be thinking...if i can manage to stay fat for this month i can have a nice desk job and not have to stand in the roads breathing in all that crap that the buses spew out!

Makes sense to me. Takes quite a lot of extra-fuel to drive around them.

“Being overweight hinders their operations and hurts the image of the traffic police. Being overweight is also harmful to their health,”

i think my wife went to the same school as this chap from the MPB

Edited June 16, 200521 yr by opothai