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JOB-RELATED PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICAL AGILITY TESTS

NCJ Number
31138
Journal
Police Chief Volume: 43 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1976) Pages: 42-43
Author(s)
G L MCGHEE
Date Published
1976
Length
2 pages
Annotation
THE AUTHOR SUGGESTS THAT POLICE RECRUITS BE REQUIRED TO UNDERGO SUCH TESTS TO FACILITATE THE IDENTIFICATION OF THOSE WHO ARE PHYSICALLY PREPARED TO EMBARK ON AN OVERALL POLICE TRAINING PROGRAM.
Abstract
HE MAINTAINS THAT THESE TESTS, HOWEVER, DO NOT HAVE TO BE TOTALLY JOB-RELATED AND SUGGESTS THAT THEY COULD INCLUDE PUSH-UPS, SIT-UPS, PULL-UPS, AND RUNNING.