I'm going to run from the po-po next time.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Because if this is all they require in terms of physical fitness, I think even a fat middle aged git like me should be able to make good my escape.


Police Physical Competency Test:
- Push a trailer 10m
-Carry a car wheel 10m
- Run 200m
- Walk along a 1m-high, 5m-long beam
- Jump a 1.8m horizontal jump
- Run around cones for 30m
- Climb through a 1m high window
- Drag a 75kg dummy 7.5m
- Scale a 2m wall



http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10799455

[oneofsix]

Because if this is all they require in terms of physical fitness, I think even a fat middle aged git like me should be able to make good my escape.



Just don't expect them to drag you out of anywhere, especially water, if you weigh more than 75kg dry.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Just don't expect them to drag you out of anywhere, especially water, if you weigh more than 75kg dry.

67.2 at the gym on Saturday morning. I'll be OK. though given that fitness requirement by the time they get there, I'll have well drowned.

[Paul in NZ]

Pretty sure its all got to be completed within a certain time frame. It aint that easy....

[HenryDorsetCase]

Pretty sure its all got to be completed within a certain time frame. It aint that easy....
4 to maybe 5 minutes?

[baffa]

Dont see the big deal here. Popo should be in decent condition, but they dont have to be uber fit like the Army or even Fire service.

[BoristheBiter]

4 to maybe 5 minutes?

it's 3 to 4 and depends on age.

[oneofsix]

Apart from all that they have radios and support. and knowing my luck I would get the one that coaches athletics or runs marathons for a hobby. :facepalm:

[HenryDorsetCase]

Apart from all that they have radios and support. and knowing my luck I would get the one that coaches athletics or runs marathons for a hobby. :facepalm:

yeah same. I knew a couple of cops who were big into the jap-slapping. Hard bastards. Not as hard as the prison officers though. They were brutal.

[G4L4XY]

This is crackup!!! We all see those really fat ones driving the motorway partol cars there is no way they could do this haha!

[oneofsix]

This is crackup!!! We all see those really fat ones driving the motorway partol cars there is no way they could do this haha!

You might well get an unpleasant surprise if you challenge them to a foot race, just be sure to get it on video for our enjoyment. What you presume to be fat doesn't necessarily mean unfit despite what Jenny Craig etc tell you.

[nodrog]

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/mba0251l.jpg

[MD]

I've done that Police course years ago and believe me it's not easy. I was 30 something and fit but it knocked the stuffing out of me. I remember a 20 something mate, who was also fit, gave up before the final obstacle. We had 65 people trying for a dragon boat team and we hired the Police training gym for eliminations. Sure did cull the flabbies out.

That 75kg stuffed dummy looked easy. So I ran full tit passed it, thinking I could just reach down, grab hold and carry on at full speed!. How wrong I was. Bloody near flipped me on my back like I'd struck a brick wall. A dead weight is incredibly hard to move, all floppy and loose.

It was fun to do. Most of the obstacles you had to push and carry, at first glance look not too hard based on the weight. But it's the overcoming inertia and the difficult shapes that made it harder and tiring. It was a fair test because that aspect challenged light weights like me at 76kg and favoured the heavy set, but the tables turned at the runs, jumps and climbs. Many failed to get over the last wall because you had to jump up quite high to get your hand on the top, then pull you body up and over and by then you were worn out, so stamina came in to play.

[HenryDorsetCase]

I've done that Police course years ago and believe me it's not easy. I was 30 something and fit but it knocked the stuffing out of me. I remember a 20 something mate, who was also fit, gave up before the final obstacle. We had 65 people trying for a dragon boat team and we hired the Police training gym for eliminations. Sure did cull the flabbies out.

That 75kg stuffed dummy looked easy. So I ran full tit passed it, thinking I could just reach down, grab hold and carry on at full speed!. How wrong I was. Bloody near flipped me on my back like I'd struck a brick wall. A dead weight is incredibly hard to move, all floppy and loose.

It was fun to do. Most of the obstacles you had to push and carry, at first glance look not too hard based on the weight. But it's the overcoming inertia and the difficult shapes that made it harder and tiring. It was a fair test because that aspect challenged light weights like me at 76kg and favoured the heavy set, but the tables turned at the runs, jumps and climbs. Many failed to get over the last wall because you had to jump up quite high to get your hand on the top, then pull you body up and over and by then you were worn out, so stamina came in to play.

I'd be keen to give it a whirl. One of the girls at my gym last year was accepted into the po po: she was very fit.. the entry requirements around fitness are fairly high too (and quite different from this test).

[GSF]

I've done that Police course years ago and believe me it's not easy. I was 30 something and fit but it knocked the stuffing out of me. I remember a 20 something mate, who was also fit, gave up before the final obstacle. We had 65 people trying for a dragon boat team and we hired the Police training gym for eliminations. Sure did cull the flabbies out.

That 75kg stuffed dummy looked easy. So I ran full tit passed it, thinking I could just reach down, grab hold and carry on at full speed!. How wrong I was. Bloody near flipped me on my back like I'd struck a brick wall. A dead weight is incredibly hard to move, all floppy and loose.

It was fun to do. Most of the obstacles you had to push and carry, at first glance look not too hard based on the weight. But it's the overcoming inertia and the difficult shapes that made it harder and tiring. It was a fair test because that aspect challenged light weights like me at 76kg and favoured the heavy set, but the tables turned at the runs, jumps and climbs. Many failed to get over the last wall because you had to jump up quite high to get your hand on the top, then pull you body up and over and by then you were worn out, so stamina came in to play.

Did you have to do it wearing the stab-proof vest as well? I got to try one of those on once and fuck me, it was heavy. A copper I spoke to once said the reason they can walk about in the middle of winter (here in Auckland anyway) in just a shortsleeved shirt and a vest was because the bulk of the vest keeps them nice and toasty.

[Edbear]

Because if this is all they require in terms of physical fitness, I think even a fat middle aged git like me should be able to make good my escape.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10799455

I could maybe do two of those given enough time.

[tigertim20]

having recently started getting in shape again for a charity event, I can say with certainty, that a workout is never as easy as it looks when its written on the whiteboard,
you think, fuck yeah, Ill piss this out.
by half way through, youve fucking near pissed yourself.

feels good when its over.

[GingerMidget]

I wanted to join the police for a very long time, I can't now, but I got myself almost up to the requirements, then did my shoulders a nasty. Long story short, I wouldn't pass the test anymore, but its incredibly hard! Your list (op, quoted form the herald) misses a couple of bits that are in the test. Like the push ups. Which suck.

[Renegade]

a mate just passed his obstacle course the other day, its age dependant, 32yrs old and had 2.32mins to complete it anything more and a fail, did it in 2.19 and reckoned he was fucked after that.

by his own admission hes no sport billy, he says that vest weighs 9kg all up with the crap he has to carry too so when the baddies run thats when they call in the dogs.

[Berg]

2min 44sec for an old fella like me (41). And yep my stab vest weighs 9kg. Combine that with boots and overalls and try work in the heat of summer

[scumdog]

4 to maybe 5 minutes?

"Yeah right'<_<

IF you're aged about 70....

[baptist]

If you really want to out run a cop carry Chaff (read doughnuts) in your pockets, every few paces throw one, the cop will stop to eat it giving you a few more yards...:yes::yes:

[HenryDorsetCase]

I wanted to join the police for a very long time, I can't now, but I got myself almost up to the requirements, then did my shoulders a nasty. Long story short, I wouldn't pass the test anymore, but its incredibly hard! Your list (op, quoted form the herald) misses a couple of bits that are in the test. Like the push ups. Which suck.

there are two tests: PCT for when you're in, and PAT (Physical Aptitude Test) for trying to get in. the pushups are in the PAT.

[HenryDorsetCase]

"Yeah right'<_<

IF you're aged about 70....

69 next month...... if I'm lucky.

;)

[HenryDorsetCase]

2min 44sec for an old fella like me (41). And yep my stab vest weighs 9kg. Combine that with boots and overalls and try work in the heat of summer

9kg and its not even bulletproof!??!??