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Article Source: The Australian | The Australian Homepage | TheAustralianAUSTRALIAN taxpayers are helping to pay for overweight cops to have radical gastric-banding stomach surgery as part of a fat-busting initiative.
The Perth Sunday Times reports the West Australian Police and the police union have agreed to pay up to $2,000 towards lap-banding operations for obese officers in a bid to counter chronic illnesses.
Several officers, mostly front line and traffic police, have already undergone the surgery, the West Australian Police Union confirmed yesterday.
Gastro banding is 96% safe. Nice odd unless you're ORDERED to get it. If ONE policeman gets gastric banding and it turns against him/her and kills him/her, every other policeman that is 'required' to get the banding has a lawsuit that is not only fully winnable, but, honestly, well deserved.
If an officer does not meet "Physical requirements" (running, obstacle course, whatever), it's ethical and LEGAL to require them to work (within their peers) or to subsidize them going to a gym. It is NOT legal to request them to have invasive surgery.
One little Staff infection and BOOM. All of the insurance pension fund is wiped clean.
Subsidize Required attendance at a gym (much cheaper than surgery). At the Gym request voluntary acceptance of regimes and suggestions with the caveat of denying anything when it's offered. Voila! Everyone's happy. Nobody has to do an exercise they don't feel comfortable doing. Taxpayers pay a MUCH reduced rate for Gym fees (compared to surgery) and ......no one is on the litigation table waiting for a knife.
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