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22 LAW ENFORCEMENT TECHNOLOGY AUGUST 2017 www.officer.com Vigilantsolutions.com Wrap a virtual fence around your community to proactively prevent crime and improve safety. Add investigative power and enhance safety with fixed license plate recognition cameras without increasing manpower. Strategically positioned cameras at entries and exits create the virtual fence. • Receive alerts when vehicles of interest enter your community • Identify rolling stolens • Get more information for criminal investigations License Plate Recognition. Analytics. Facial Recognition. 2017 Circle 21 on Reader Service Card Baade's participation in the mara- thon gained much attention and a few months later, he was approached by Modesto PD Officer Sean Dodge who was interested in running the 2016 California International Marathon with Baade once again in full uniform to raise funds and awareness for the families of fallen officers. "Running drew Sean and I together, and I have a brother in law enforcement now," says Baade. "Exercise helped create cama- raderie and running with another officer in uniform was just awesome, being able to push each other through those 26.2 miles." In 2017, Dodge and Baade plan to complete the Washington, D.C. Marine Corps Marathon in full uniform with nine other law enforcement officers from across the U.S. (See "LEOs go the 26.2 mile distance" for more informa- tion on page 19.) Fitness is important in the Folsom Police Department and is supported in contract form with the Union; officers each receive an hour of fit time per shift to work out and stay in shape. Though this program isn't offered in all departments, many are providing incentives for officers to stay active. David Millican of the Denton (Texas) Police Department and an IPMBA instructor has been active in advising fitness incentive programs for several years. "My question early on was, 'How are we going to create some- thing that will motivate people to get in shape?'" he says. " We spend hours training with our firearms and yet we weren't doing the same for physical fit- ness which is just as important. I then asked myself, ' W hat can we do for those not interested in working out?'" His solution was to create a volun- tary incentive-based program. Today Denton PD officers have the option of taking one of two fitness tests (one based on the Cooper Physical Fitness Standard or one based on a timed 2,000 meter row test) to receive a one-time per year payment. "If we are in shape, it's going to benefit the city" says Millican. He recommends that when creating an incentivized fitness program, it's important to make sure it benefits all parties in the city. " We're on the city's insurance so if we're healthier, the city saves money." Family-involved fitness For many of the interviewees for this article, exercise is a hobby—stress relief away from the job. "If I don't stay fit, I get moody and grumpy," says Schmidt. "It's my social life." Schmidt will go to the gym, which he also coaches at, to spend time with friends and get a physi- cally and mentally tough workout in. C O V E R S T O R Y