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In the course of May 2014 the Republic of Serbia was struck by floods. Police officers of various lines of work make one of the important subjects within the protection and rescue system when we talk about defence from floods. After the detailed analysis of experiences and lessons learned from the participation of the mentioned police officers in protection and rescue operations in May 2014, it was noted that a number of police officers lacked the adequate training required for specific tasks of protection and rescue in emergencies. Swimming represents an integral part of professional training of police officers within the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia (MoI of RS) and it is very important from the aspect of responding in floods. The research sample included 331 examinees from 21 to 52 years of age, classified into two sub-samples, general duties police officers (PON=139) and border police officers (GP=192). Basic swimming competence of police officers was assessed by swimming 50 m free style (the examinees chose swimming style on their own), and the results are shown through average swimming speed of meters per second (m/s). They were tested for swimming without jumping from the starting block. The PON police officers achieved better swimming results at 50 m than the GP police officers (0.93 vs. 0.88 m/s). The results of single factor analysis of variance ANOVA showed that there were not statistically significant differences in influence of basic swimming competence on the line of work (Sig. = 0.066). Taking everything in account, it can be concluded that the hypothesis that 'general duties police officers will have statistically significantly better results in basic swimming competence compared to border police officers' is rejected, since the general duties police officers achieved better results in basic swimming competence, but not at the level which is statistically significant. In addition to swimming competence, because of floods, there is also a need for training of rescuers at water (basic and advanced levels), in other words the courses for motor boat operators and handlers (including training in rowing), which has already been included into the system of specialist trainings of the MoI of RS. Republika Srbija tokom maja 2014. godine bila je pogođena elementarnom nepogodom - poplavama. Jedan od važnih subjekata u sistemu zaštite i spasavanja, kod odbrane od poplava čine policajci različitih linija rada. Plivanje predstavlja integralni deo stručnog osposobljavanja i usavršavanja policajaca u Ministarstvu unutrašnjih poslova Republike Srbije (MUPRS) i veoma je važno sa aspekta reagovanja kod poplava. Uzorak istraživanja činio je 331 ispitanik, starosti od 21 do 52 godine. Ispitanici su bili podeljeni na dva subuzorka, policajce linije rada policije opšte nadležnosti (PON = 139) i policajce linije rada granične policije (GP = 192). Bazična osposobljenost u plivanju policajaca procenjivana je testom plivanja na 50 metara slobodnim stilom (ispitanici su plivali stilom po izboru), a rezultati su iskazani kroz prosečnu brzinu plivanja u metrima po sekundi (m/s). Testirani su tako što su plivali bez skoka iz startnog bloka. Policajci PON postigli su bolje rezultate u brzini plivanja na 50 m u odnosu na policajce GP (0,93 vs. 0,88 m/s). Rezultati ANOVA pokazali su da nisu utvrđene statistički značajne razlike u uticaju bazične osposobljenosti policajaca u plivanju na liniju rada (Sig. = 0,066). Pored osposobljenosti u plivanju, usled poplava, pojavila se obrazovna potreba za obukom za spasioce na vodi (osnovni i napredni nivo), odnosno kursom za upravljače i rukovaoce motornim čamcima (uključuje i obuku u veslanju).

This research was carried out with an aim of determining the structure of endurance in swimming and defining the causes of variabilities in certain elements of the actual structure. The results obtained for the sample of 56 first-year Police Academy students by the application of 19 endurance indicators were processed by component factor analysis using Varimax and Oblimin criteria. All the applied methods produced the same structure of endurance in swimming with elements determined by 4 latent dimensions defined as: general endurance factor in swimming; factor of anaerobic energetic process intensity; factor of anaerobic process capacity; factor of energetic efficiency in swimming. The factorial validity of all indicators applied in this research, with respect to the communalities and the size of the variance explained, is satisfactory, and therefore can be recommended for future research in the field. Cilj istraživanja rada je određivanje strukture plivačke izdržljivosti i definisanje uzroka varijabiliteta pojedinih elemenata njene strukture kod studenata I godine Policijske akademije. Rezultati su dobijeni na uzorku od 56 studenata primenom 19 indikatora za procenu izdržljivosti u plivanju (vremena, brzine, rezerva vremena i brzina plivanja na deonicama od 25m, 50m i 100m, različiti indeksi za procenu brzinske i opšte izdržljivosti kao i različite ocene usvojenosti tehnike plivnja). Statistička analiza podataka izvršena je pomoću metode komponentne faktorske analize (Principal Component Analysis) primenom Varimaks (Varimax) i Oblimin (Oblimin) kriterijuma. Korišćene metode produkovale su istu strukturu plivačke izdržljivosti čiji su elementi određeni sa 4 latentne dimenzije koje su definisane kao: generalni faktor plivačke izdržljivosti, faktor intenziteta anaerobnih energetskih procesa, faktor kapaciteta anearobnih energetskih procesa i faktor energetske efikasnosti plivanja. Dobijene latentne dimenzije (faktori) ekstrahovale su 94.4% valjane varijanse primenjenog model indikatora izdržljivosti u plivanju. Faktorska valjanost svih indikatora koji su primenjeni u ovom istraživanju, obzirom na komunalitete i veličinu objašnjene varijanse, je zadovoljavajuća, pa ih stoga preporučujemo za buduća istraživanja ove problematike.