Health-related physical fitness of military police officers in Paraiba, Brazil.

Background: An adequate relationship among health-related physical fitness (HRPF) components improve the professional performance of military police officers (MOPs).

Objective: To investigate the correlation among HRPF components for Special Police Operations (BOPE) and Traffic Police (BPTRAN) Battalion MOPs.

Method: The sample comprised 47 male MOPs aged 26 to 49 years old divided in two groups BOPE (N=25) and BPTRAN (n=22).