Buck,
The test that I took back in 1986 for the joint course ran by the 375th Security Police Squadron (Scott Air Force Base IL) and the Illinois State Police had the following test to get into the school (sorry for the delay, I had to dig out my old manual from the course):
1. 30 seconds of stretching to warm up
2. 30 seconds of windmills (count No of reps)
3. 30 Seconds of pushups (count no of reps)
4. 30 seconds of situps (count no of reps)
5. 30 seconds of leg lifts (count no of reps)
6. 30 seconds of cherry pickers (count reps)
1 minute break
1. 60 seconds of pushups (count reps)
2. 60 seconds of cherry pickers (count reps)
3. 60 seconds of tucks (count reps)
4. 60 seconds of windmills (count reps)
5. 60 seconds of situps (count reps)
1 minute break
Run 1/2 mile in 240 seconds(count seconds completed)
Add all calisthenics together and subtract the time for the 1/2 mile run; this gives a numbered score. Total score should be better then 50.
They told us at the time that this test was designed to burn all of the energy stored at the muscles and force the candidate to o on will power. It was very exhausting, much more so then either the Army APFT of the standard state approved physical agility test for police officers.
I'm certain there have been advances in conditioning and testing techniques since then.
Jeff
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