ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2020
We Need You: Influence of Hiring Demand and Modified Applicant Testing on the Physical Fitness of Law Enforcement Recruits.
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- Methods Used to Assess Physical Abilities in Police Students: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Effects of Traditional versus Ability-Based Physical Training on the Health and Fitness of Custody Assistant Recruits.International journal of exercise science · 2022Article
- The Health and Fitness Characteristics of Civilian Jailer Recruits Prior to Academy Training.International journal of exercise science · 2022Article
- Analysis of Total and Segmental Body Composition Relative to Fitness Performance Measures in Law Enforcement Recruits.International journal of exercise science · 2022Article
- Moving Past the One-Size-Fits-All Education-Training Model of Police Academies to the Self-Prescribed Individualized Exercise Prescription Model.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- How Does Time Spent Working in Custody Influence Health and Fitness Characteristics of Law Enforcement Officers?International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Are There Differences in Fitness between Recruits from Larger (Hosting) and Smaller (Participating) Law Enforcement Agencies?International journal of exercise science · 2021Article
- The Influence of Aerobic Fitness on Heart Rate Responses of Custody Assistant Recruits during Circuit Training Sessions.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
A challenge for law enforcement agencies is the many positions that need filling. Agencies may modify their applicant test battery (ATB; multilevelled testing including fitness, background checks, psychological evaluations) to increase the hiring pool of potential recruits by augmenting the utility of testing. This study determined fitness differences of law enforcement recruits hired under two different ATB protocols. Retrospective analysis was conducted on seven academy classes (442 males, 84 females) hired under an older ATB, and one class (45 males, 13 females) hired under a newer ATB. Recruits completed the following before academy: 60 s push-ups and sit-ups (muscular endurance); vertical jump (lower-body power); medicine ball throw (upper-body power); 75 yard pursuit run (75PR; change-of-direction speed); and 20 m multistage fitness test (20MSFT; aerobic fitness). Independent sample t-tests (
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