Most recruits died of exertion, dehydration, heatstroke and other conditions tied to intense exercise — often on the first day of training.
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Ronald Donat’s longtime dream of becoming a police ... New York City recruit who died of heatstroke, a Kentucky man who exerted himself during water-based survival training and a Massachusetts ...
classmates recall a sergeant berating Donat, ordering him to sit on concrete at the suburban Atlanta police academy ... An Arkansas cadet died after he was forced to run wearing long pants ...