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tjc · 03-22-2006, 06:16 AM

I am applying to my local law enforcement office for a job and when I did the application they said if I were hired I would need to go to the academy and there would be a physical evaluation that would have to be passed I do work out about every day but I am still over weight and was wondering if you could tell me what to expect and what they are looking for?

danp · 03-22-2006, 01:31 PM

Depends on where you are; different states/agencies have different standards.

jednp · 03-22-2006, 02:58 PM

if the department goes by the sheriff's standards in my hometown, you can be a couch potato that has a gut that hangs to your knees, and also can't shoot a gun worth a damn and still get a job there.

tjc · 03-22-2006, 03:17 PM

I live in Indiana and have been trying to find the web sight for the academy but am having a hard time finding it

danp · 03-22-2006, 05:04 PM

Try here... http://www.in.gov/ilea/

tjc · 03-22-2006, 06:10 PM

that is what i was looking for thanks

Mike TRT · 03-22-2006, 07:32 PM

In IL we have the "power test" for new hirees..... 1.5 mile run in about 13 minutes, bench press 95% of body weight, pretty simple crap like that

pfccypret · 03-23-2006, 01:39 PM

Like others have said, depends on the department. Mine doesn't have any standards, however, to get certified here you have to pass state/academy standards. They are pretty basic, 30 something pushups, 30 something situps, 1.5 miles in under 14 minutes.

I'm not that fat, but lately I've developed a decent gut. So I need to get back to the gym.

opskmallory · 03-24-2006, 04:39 AM

1.5 Mile Run
ILEA Standard - 16 minutes 28 seconds

Holy crap. You could walk that. Utah's is 12:12. We break it down by age group. Even 60+ year olds have to do it in 16:07 or less.

The rest for 20-29 year old males are
Pushups - 30 / minute
Flexibility (sit and reach)- 17.5 inches
Situps - 40 / minute

The state doesn't require vertical jump or bench press, though my dept requires a bench of 75% body weight, and 300M sprint in about a minute (can't remember exact). Other additional requirements may exist per dept.

DNM · 03-25-2006, 10:03 PM

Here in WA (at least in King County) it's 38 situps in a minute, 35 pushps (no time limit), 300m dash and 1.5 mile run. I can't remember the time for max points on the runs.

03-22-2006, 06:16 AM	#1
tjc XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57	leo training I am applying to my local law enforcement office for a job and when I did the application they said if I were hired I would need to go to the academy and there would be a physical evaluation that would have to be passed I do work out about every day but I am still over weight and was wondering if you could tell me what to expect and what they are looking for?

03-22-2006, 01:31 PM	#2
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,310	Depends on where you are; different states/agencies have different standards. __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

03-22-2006, 05:04 PM	#5
danp XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 1,310	Try here... http://www.in.gov/ilea/ __________________ God made cops so that firefighters could have heros too. "He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Nietzche

03-22-2006, 07:32 PM	#7
Mike TRT XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Chicagoland Posts: 1,376	In IL we have the "power test" for new hirees..... 1.5 mile run in about 13 minutes, bench press 95% of body weight, pretty simple crap like that __________________ \"There is no hunting like the hunting of a man. And those who have hunted men long enough and liked it never cared for anything else thereafter.\"

03-25-2006, 10:03 PM	#10
DNM XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Western WA Posts: 1,389	Here in WA (at least in King County) it's 38 situps in a minute, 35 pushps (no time limit), 300m dash and 1.5 mile run. I can't remember the time for max points on the runs. __________________ "As I walk down the valley of the Shadow of Death I have no fear because I am the meanest motherfu**er in the whole valley" - General George S. Patton

03-22-2006, 02:58 PM	#3
jednp XDTalk 4K Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Omaha, NE Posts: 4,691	if the department goes by the sheriff's standards in my hometown, you can be a couch potato that has a gut that hangs to your knees, and also can't shoot a gun worth a damn and still get a job there.

03-22-2006, 03:17 PM	#4
tjc XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57	I live in Indiana and have been trying to find the web sight for the academy but am having a hard time finding it

03-22-2006, 06:10 PM	#6
tjc XDTalk Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 57	that is what i was looking for thanks

03-23-2006, 01:39 PM	#8
pfccypret XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 40	Like others have said, depends on the department. Mine doesn't have any standards, however, to get certified here you have to pass state/academy standards. They are pretty basic, 30 something pushups, 30 something situps, 1.5 miles in under 14 minutes. I'm not that fat, but lately I've developed a decent gut. So I need to get back to the gym.

03-24-2006, 04:39 AM	#9
opskmallory XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Spanish Fork, UT Posts: 364	1.5 Mile Run ILEA Standard - 16 minutes 28 seconds Holy crap. You could walk that. Utah's is 12:12. We break it down by age group. Even 60+ year olds have to do it in 16:07 or less. The rest for 20-29 year old males are Pushups - 30 / minute Flexibility (sit and reach)- 17.5 inches Situps - 40 / minute The state doesn't require vertical jump or bench press, though my dept requires a bench of 75% body weight, and 300M sprint in about a minute (can't remember exact). Other additional requirements may exist per dept.

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