Police Officers

So today I was reading an article that was talking about a male police officer in New Hampshire. He was suing the state because they would not hire him full time due to a lack of being able to complete the physical test. The argument that he is making however is that he is only not completing the test because he is a male and the standards are higher for males. This struck me as odd that the physical requirements were different for male and female officers. As a person that is supposed to be protected by the police I want all of them to have to pass the same physical requirements. Also doesn't this just subject the female officers to being looked upon as inferior. Yeah they are police officers now but they are not held to the same standards as their male counterparts. To me if the main argument is for equality then everything should be equal the physical fitness test included.