Wednesday 23 November 2016

Craig Markham - Fitness and Law Enforcement


Craig Markham


Craig Markham was worked as a Police Constable in Ontario, Canada, for over fifteen years and still enjoys his job. His dedication to the job comes as a result of the support from his team and is enhanced by his goal-oriented perspective on life. When he considers which aspects of his life prepared him to become a policeman, he believes that his physical fitness and love of sports helped him the most.


During high school, he enjoyed playing baseball, hockey and judo, and today still volunteers as a judo teacher for a self defense school. These sports gave him a range of physical abilities to draw from, and he believes that his endurance levels were higher than other training policemen as a result. He graduated at the top of his class from Ontario Police College, with an average of 97.3%.

Physical fitness and increased abilities were not the only reasons his sporting background was useful, as he also found that the mental benefits of exercise made training much easier. He had strong mental stamina and an ability to push himself out of his comfort zone that some of the other trainees lacked. Today, he still exercises regularly and sees the mental benefits in the positive, driven attitude that he brings to work.

Craig Markham believes that physical fitness and regular exercise are essential for all Law Enforcement workers. His love of sports has helped him throughout his career. In field work, it has been especially useful but the mental benefits are also reflected in increased investigative ability.