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PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL AGILITY TEST BATTERY

Minimum Scores for Employment as a Police Officer
(Scores indicate 40th percentile of fitness)

SIT-UP:

MUSCULAR ENDURANCE- The score is the number of bent-leg sit-ups performed in one minute

FLEX:

FLEXIBILITY- The "sit-and-reach" test measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstrings and the candidates range of motion.  The test involves stretching out to touch the toes and beyond with extended arms from the sitting position.  The score is in inches reached on a yardstick with the 15" mark being at the toes and the 36" mark being at the far end away from the toes.  

BENCH:

ABSOLUTE STRENGTH- One (1) repetition maximum bench press using Dynamic Variable Resistance (DVR) protocol.  The score is a ratio of weight pressed divided by body weight.

1.5 MILE RUN:

CARDIOVASCULAR CAPACITY- 1.5 mile run.  The score is in minutes: seconds.

 

AGE/SEX

TEST

MALE

SIT-UP

FLEX

BENCH

1.5 MILE RUN

20-29*

38

16.5

.99

12:25

30-39

35

15.5

.88

12:51

40-49

29

14.25

.80

13:46

50-59

24

13.25

.71

14:54

AGE/SEX

TEST

FEMALE

SIT-UP

FLEX

BENCH

1.5 MILE RUN

20-29*

32

19.25

.59

14:49

30-39

25

18.25

.53

15:25

40-49

20

17.25

.50

16:12

50-59

14

16.75

.44

17:14

*Candidate, tested at age 20, may not be appointed until age 21. 

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