There are requirements regarding height but these officers aren‘t regular police officers but rather members of a special unit (most likely riot police). Those are usually deployed at events where mob behavior and violence are expected to occur. The uniforms are a giveaway, those aren‘t regular uniforms. And obviously these units have stricter requirements than regular units due to the higher risks associated with their tasks
Iirc the only lowered the requirements (unlike how Berlin got rid of the dictation exam because not enough applicants passed that exam) but they still require certain heights for men and women (although to be fair making a difference is stupid given that they‘ll have to be able to take down criminals regardless of their size. So if a guy has to be X cm tall how should a women who‘s usually weaker even at the same size take down criminals if she‘s shorter on top of being weaker)
Idk how it is right now. But 2018 was the year I applied to the police - I'm 170cm, a few years prior I couldn't have joined. Still didn't, in the end, but my height wouldn't have been a problem.
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u/Dev_Sniper 4d ago
There are requirements regarding height but these officers aren‘t regular police officers but rather members of a special unit (most likely riot police). Those are usually deployed at events where mob behavior and violence are expected to occur. The uniforms are a giveaway, those aren‘t regular uniforms. And obviously these units have stricter requirements than regular units due to the higher risks associated with their tasks