[adamzerner]

This was probably the best point made against running, but still...

Our professional emergency response people should be capable of hustling/running over to the people that need their help while maintaining their composure and ability to think.

It is true that exertion causes a sympathetic response, but hustling/running over to someone doesn't produce such a significant sympathetic response where people can't think straight. I know that it's inherently a stressful situation, but our professionals should be able to handle that, and the additional stress of hustling/running over is negligible.

[vacri]

A professional attitude and good training doesn't counter basic biological processes. What do you gain from running? A few seconds, some of which you'll have to use up recovering from the run, and irrelevant bystanders thinking you're 'doing your job'. What do you lose by running? A lot - as described in the link, which has an excellent run-down.