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All applicants must complete the following ability course in 45.31 seconds:

  • Applicant will begin the course seated in a vehicle behind the steering wheel.
  • Applicant will be given a clothing (physical) description of a "suspect" mannequin.
  • Applicant will exit the vehicle and run 72 feet and scale a 6' chain link fence.
  • Applicant will run 65 feet to a traffic cone, turn left, run 40 feet to a second traffic cone, turn left and run 98 feet to a table. Applicant will then crawl under the table. (Note: Applicant must touch each traffic cone before proceeding to the next).
  • Applicant will run 37 feet to a third traffic cone, touch the cone, turn left and run 85 feet.
  • Applicant will encounter a 4' barricade. Applicant will climb over the barricade. YOU MUST SUPPORT A PORTION OF YOUR WEIGHT WHILE CLIMBING OVER THE BARRICADE.
  • As the applicant climbs over the barricade, he/she will yell out the number of the mannequin bearing the suspect description given to them by the Test Monitor at the beginning of the test.
  • Approximately 18 feet from the barricade the applicant will encounter a dummy weighing approximately 160 pounds. The applicant must drag the dummy 6 feet.
  • Time will stop when the dummy crosses the blue line.


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