NEW YORK - HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND PHYSICAL FITNESS STANDARDS FOR POLICE OFFICER CANDIDATES, 1974. REV. ED.

• NCJ Number: 16302
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 31 pages
• Corporate Author: New York Municipal Police Training Council
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

REQUIRED MEDICAL STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES, CLINICAL TEST AND REQUIRED PROCEDURES, AND QUALIFYING PHYSICAL TESTS ARE PRESENTED FOR POTENTIAL POLICEMEN.

Abstract

ALTHOUGH NO MINIMUM HEIGHT REQUIREMENT IS PRESCRIBED, THE HEIGHT OF A CANDIDATE SHOULD BE PROPORTIONATE TO HIS WEIGHT. OBESITY AND SCRAWNINESS ARE GROUNDS FOR REJECTION. URINALYSIS, A SEROLOGIC TEST, A CHEST X-RAY AND AN ELECTROCARDIOGRAPH EXAMINATION ARE PRESCRIBED. THE PHYSICAL TESTS ARE DESIGNED TO MEASURE AGILITY, STRENGTH, SPEED, AND ENDURANCE. THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT IS A SCORE IN THE THIRTY-FIRST PERCENTILE OF A GROUP OF TWELFTH GRADE STUDENTS WHO TOOK THE SAME TEST.