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Some police departments require you to perform the obstacle course with a training gun and a vest with extra weight. This section of the Physical Ability Test will assess not only your physical strength but also agility, endurance, stamina, and your ability to think and perform fast when confro...
Police officers must have the ability to respond to emergencies with physical agility. In many police departments, candidates with certain physical disabilities cannot qualify for general duty police work. Usually, disabilities that affect the legs, feet, hands or arms disqualify a recruit. Likewise, ...
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indicators of the occupational performance of their employees. In addition, practitioners in charge of police training should develop and employ obstacle courses composed of critical work tasks, as they may be strongly related to tests of aerobic endurance, strength, muscular endurance, and agility....
A percentile classification of the physical tests evaluated is presented as a proposal of normative values for this group. The mean of handgrip strength was 43.97 kg (SD = 5.64); the agility test was performed in 12.11 seconds (SD = 1.11); lower body power was 32...
POLICE trainingCRIMINAL investigationPROFESSIONAL competenceRUNNING speedPHYSICAL educationBENCH pressThis study examines the relationship between basic physical abilities (BPA) and specific physical abilities (SPA), particularly focusing on the obstacle course for specific agility of police offic...
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