While police work is primarily sedentary, police officers are required to frequently engage in near maximal workloads for short periods of time during incidents of a critical nature. The Physical Activities Requirement Evaluation (PARE) was designed as a physical employment standard in 1988 for the RCMP. To examine the elements of the PARE that are most related to the role of police officers in the field, the present study surveyed a group of subject matter experts, and the incumbents concerning the present elements embedded within the PARE, and potential changes that could be made to improve the extent to which the PARE reflected the true physical requirements of police work.
