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Musing on sneaks/sneakers tennies/tennis shoes et.al.

O, someone tell me why the men are not wearing rubber-soled shoes and why the women cops aren't wearing sensible-for-running shoes - also with rubber or crepe soles?
Is it too sensible? Not daramatic enough?




I was speaking with a retired policeman here NZ once. He was only in his late 30s, but had left the force after nearly ten years with the dog unit. He said that the rate of attrition from that unit was higher than normal frontline policing because the handlers had to follow their dogs, in police-issue footwear, which took a high physical toll on the bipedal component of the team.