Kazakhstan orders its police to lose weight "Employees whose physical condition does not comply with the standards will be fired," Alpysbai Tashmagambetov, deputy head of human resrouces at the Astana city Interior Ministry department, told the Tengrinews website. As well as a fitness and appearance review, the test will include an assessment of a policeman's logic, his knowledge of the law and psychological stability. Policemen wearing blue uniforms and over-size Soviet-style caps, or fake fur hats in winter, are ubiquitous in Kazakhstan's cities, flagging down drivers and patrolling the streets. But as well as appearing unfit, corruption is also considered a major problem within the police force. Earlier this year Al Jazeera reported that there had been a spike in sales of in-car cameras in Kazakhstan as drivers tried to film instances of bribe-taking by traffic police.