COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL WORKING CAPACITY OF FUTURE POLICE OFFICERS AT THE STAGE OF PROFESSIONAL FORMATION

The aim: to carry out a comparative analysis of the levels of physical fitness of future police officers within the stage of professional development. Methodology. To achieve the goal and solve the problems of the research, a set of modern general scientific methods was used: theoretical (method of conceptual-comparative analysis, structural-system analysis, synthesis, generalization); empirical (pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment), methods of mathematical statistics. With the help of theoretical methods systematized and generalized information about the studied object and subject, compared the existing theoretical approaches, methods of determining the level of physical fitness of persons. Empirical methods were used to assess the level of physical fitness of future police officers during their studies at a higher education institution with specific learning conditions. Scientific novelty. The scientific novelty of the study is to determine and compare the physical performance of future police officers within the stage of professional development. Conclusions. On the basis of the conducted researches the level of physical working capacity of the future police officers of various courses is defined. It was stated that the indicator of physical fitness of higher education students corresponds to the average level. Within the level, a significant dif­ference was found in the Harvard step test index among first-, third-, and fourth-year students (p