The guide addresses two main areas. The first three chapters consider the importance of physical fitness: how fitness is job- related, how it can benefit a police agency, how to define the components of fitness, how to achieve behavioral change, and how fitness programs are being used nationwide. The next three chapters present details on beginning a departmental fitness program. They discuss the legal issues of starting or upgrading a fitness program, the steps in beginning a program, and the role that FitForce can play in making program start-up and maintenance easier. Each chapter begins with a set of chapter objectives and ends with a summary. Most chapters include exercises to help the reader work through the concepts discussed. The chapter that addresses the steps for starting a program includes checklists for tracking the start-up process and space for recording ideas for each step. Overall, FitForce is a comprehensive program that offers training, tests, standards, and a program framework designed specifically for police agencies. It is a behavioral change program that helps officers become fit and stay fit. In FitForce, selected officers are trained in the basics of fitness and in program implementation. 113 references