Planet Fitness donates $1 million of fitness equipment to CPD for officer wellness

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Planet Health helps Cincinnati cops and workers concentrate on their well being and wellness by donating gently used tools to a number of services.

Train tools is rotated via typically on the nationwide franchise, and the older machines are donated to native companies. Monday, it was the Cincinnati Police Division reaping the advantages.

“It’s like Christmas in June,” stated CPD Capt. Aaron Jones. “We’re very excited. We have been hoping it might come to fruition, and as we speak’s the day.”

The police academy was one of many stops receiving the up to date tools Monday.

“Our possession group has a particular spot of their hearts for cops,” defined Planet Health Vice President of Operations Joshua Gass. “So we determined no higher outfit to provide it to.”

The tools contains treadmills, rowing machines, ellipticals and a few power coaching machines as effectively.

“Policing is a really making an attempt profession, it at all times has been, however I feel as time goes on it turns into increasingly more making an attempt for these officers,” stated interim CPD Police Chief Teresa Theetge. “Officer wellness has now come to the forefront as a precedence for us.”

Bodily wellness won’t solely assist cops keep match for the calls for of the job, however research present bodily train typically improves psychological well being on the identical time.

“The Cincinnati Blue Line Basis is de facto doing rather a lot within the officer wellness area,” stated CPD Capt. Steve Saunders. “So this ties in very well with the mission of the Cincinnati Blue Line Basis.”

Not solely will this tools assist enhance the officer’s well being, it additionally helps the underside line. Theetge says this new tools would have value as a lot as $1 million for the division and the opposite entities benefitting from the donation.

Along with the police academy, tools might be changed on the Emergency Communications Middle, Youth Companies, Districts 3, 4 and 5, and a number of other different police services.

“An excessive quantity of gratitude from me, from the division, to the Planet Health group that have been capable of make this occur for us,” stated Theetge, “From the underside of my coronary heart, thanks.”

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