I was commenting on what you said, not the article. You said the smallest person on the force, is male.  You do realize physical strength generally favors men, right? If be willing to bet that this officer, if it came down to it, could absolutely destroy 95% of the females on the force. Simply because of the fact he's male, and males have more dense muscles, more dense bones, higher muscle as a percent of their body, and a ton of other stuff that makes them much more well suited for fighting than compared to a woman.  So, I don't really care what the article says. It's common sense that men are almost always stronger than women. Does it hold true all the time? No. Does it hold true 99% of the time? Yes.