{"id":898,"date":"2025-07-11T07:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T07:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T07:18:03","slug":"police-physical-fitness-levels-to-improve-following-directive-from-commissioner-manning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/898\/","title":{"rendered":"Police physical fitness levels to improve following directive from Commissioner Manning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Commissioner of Police, David Manning, has issued a directive for RPNGC personnel<br \/>to better adhere to fitness levels befitting the standards expected to do their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The Commissioner made mention of the directive while training with KUMUL23<br \/>personnel and completing the Pacific Police Commissioners\u2019 Fitness Challenge issued<br \/>by his counterpart, Tonga Police Commissioner, Geoff Turner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe public expect their police to be fit for duty and that is my expectation of our men<br \/>and women in uniform,\u201d Commissioner Manning said.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new recruits must meet fitness requirements when they apply to join the force,<br \/>and it is important that we ensure standards are maintained across the ranks.<br \/>\u201cPolice work is physically and mentally demanding. We must be on the top of our<br \/>game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWitnessing our recent graduation of more than 200 probationary police constables, I<br \/>was proud to see the highest physical standards. These young constables are<br \/>professional and remind us of the importance of physical discipline.<br \/>\u201cThe best members we have on the force are those who are committed to serving our<br \/>people and protecting lives and property, and this is the RPNGC that we are<br \/>developing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Manning said he made a decision to improve his personal fitness and<br \/>is leading by example.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe all put on a few kilos as we get older but that is something we can manage through<br \/>discipline, exercise and sensible choices.<br \/>\u201cA disciplined approach to physical fitness benefits our members professionally and<br \/>personally.<br \/>\u201cNew standards for physical fitness will be introduced that will set levels required for<br \/>our police to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonnel that are part of the KUMUL23 Police Tactical Group must attain a peak<br \/>standard of physical fitness and mental agility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKUMUL23 sets a high level and this is a very good example for other police around<br \/>the Nation to aspire to in their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>At the conclusion of the physical training exercise with KUMUL23 Members last week<br \/>near Port Moresby, Commissioner Manning said he accepted the challenge from<br \/>Tonga and now passes the challenge to the Commissioner of Vanuatu Police Force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Commissioner of Police, David Manning, has issued a directive for RPNGC personnelto better adhere to fitness levels befitting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":899,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[1094,337,97,1095],"class_list":["post-898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-david-manning","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-rpngc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}