Why did I bring up the fitness requirements for the 50-59 yr old seasonal MP officer to gain entry into the training program? Because further back in this thread there's a post that denigrates the seasonal MP officer and suggests replacing them with state troopers in green & bronze boats. Plus, the seasonal MP officers has been belittled with various perjorative nick names in other posts, off & on, for years.
My point being that the reality is the great majority of the go-fast, performance boaters could not meet the fitness requirements for starting the MP training program. It's a case of the pot calling the kettle black, or something!
Will try again to get the numbers for 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, age groups, and post them here.
It does not speak too well for the performance boaters that most of you are so out of shape and overweight that you cannot walk the one quarter mile, up the medium hill from the Center Harbor docks to Canoe Restaurant, and need to take the Canoe Cadillac shuttle.
Huffing & puffing, just to get up that little hill, shame-shame-shame; it all comes from the 'need for speed' and being 'addicted to more horsepower'.