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Police Duty Calorie Calculator

Estimate the calories a police officer burns from duty type and body weight and time, using METs for traffic control, foot patrol, suspect pursuit, and more.

Input

Estimate the calories a police officer burns on duty from body weight, time on duty, and the activity intensity (traffic control, foot patrol, suspect pursuit, and more). METs are representative values, so treat the result as a guide.

kg
min
Activity intensity

Result

Estimated calories burned (Foot patrol)

252kcal

About 1.1 bowls of rice / about 35g of body fat

METs used

4.0 METs

Time on duty

60 min

Body weight

60.0 kg

How it works

  • Calories burned (kcal) are computed as METs x body weight (kg) x time (hours) x 1.05. The minutes you enter are converted to hours internally.
  • Each intensity uses a representative MET value: traffic control (standing, hand signals) 2.5, foot patrol 4.0, and suspect pursuit / all-out running 8.0, based on the National Institute of Health and Nutrition's revised physical-activity METs table.
  • Results are also converted to equivalents, using about 234 kcal per bowl of rice and about 7.2 kcal per gram of body fat, to give a sense of scale.
  • Because METs only represent the typical activity, actual calories vary with body size, gear, temperature, and how intense the movement is. Treat the figures as estimates.
  • Even the same duty differs greatly between individuals, and high-intensity activities like suspect pursuit burn many calories in a short time. Use this as a rough guide for health and activity tracking.
  • For an accurate measure of energy expenditure, check the figures alongside an activity tracker's readings or professional advice.