SELF CARE CHECKLIST FOR POLICE SERIES

This step is to provide the applicant with some basic information about the Police Department. Watch this video to learn more about the Physical Ability Test course To learn more about the obstacle course, see the graphic below.

After the weight drag, the candidate exits the course, completes one final lap around the perimeter, and finishes at the point indicated in red on the course map.

The candidate must then drag a 150-pound dead weight a distance of 20 feet.Two additional turns made, and a four-foot high window (opening is 3' wide x 4.5' high) must be successfully entered.After another turn, a chain-link fence (four feet in height) must be climbed.Make a turn and clear a ditch simulation that is six feet in width.Once the stair event is completed another low hurdle must be cleared the trainee must then successfully negotiate a low crawl under an obstacle set at 2 ½ feet above the floor.After clearing the hurdles, stairs (five steps up to a 32-inch wide landing, 45 inches above the floor, and five steps down) must be negotiated twice (note that each step has a 7.5 inch rise and tread that is 11-inches wide).The first obstacle encountered in the interior consists of two low hurdles, one and a half feet high and four-feet long, placed 13 feet apart.The candidate runs one and ¾ laps around the perimeter of the course.The candidate starts the course at a point, indicated in green on the course map. Following a third failed attempt at a given obstacle, the student will be instructed to walk around the obstacle and to continue the course in order for the individual’s time to be recorded for purposes of the comparison of performance (time) to ability (non-negotiation of obstacle(s)). At each failed attempt, the instructor will tell the student to back-up to a designated point in attempt to gain momentum to negotiate the obstacle. PFA participants will be allowed three attempts to successfully negotiate obstacles (stair climb, fence, wall/window). Failure to negotiate any obstacle and/or to stop continuous motion will NOT constitute a “failure”. The standard for successful completion of the course will be for the PFA participant, unassisted during the event, to complete the course in no more than two minutes and six seconds (2:06).Ī time penalty (two seconds added) for failure to negotiate the low crawl or the ditch jump will be imposed and added to the individual’s cumulative score. Climbing a fence (chain-link/four feet).

SELF CARE CHECKLIST FOR POLICE SERIES

The course consists of a series of nine interspersed individual tasks, arranged in a continuous format that are viewed as being essential (physical) job-tasks for law enforcement training: The course measures a total of 870 feet (290 yards/265.2 meters).

Self care checklist for police