During the CCJ 387 Law Enforcement Test Prep Class, students  took a field trip to Medford Police Department, where Sgt. Budreau 
assisted the students with the various portions of the ORPAT. 
 
#2-Physical Agility Test: A department will hire various testing agencies that have developed physical 
agility courses, to set up and test entry-level police candidates. 
• A description of a ‘dummy’ suspect is given (this ‘dummy’ just committed a crime) 
• The candidate runs through various obstacles; four-foot cyclone fence jump, window crawl 
through, one-hundred to three-hundred yard dash, and six-foot fence jump 
• The candidate picks the suspect ‘dummy’ out of a lineup and drags the one-hundred+ pound 
suspect ‘dummy’ twenty+ feet 
#3-Military Physical Fitness Test 
• Push-ups: a certain number, in a specified amount of time 
• Sit-ups: a certain number, in a specified amount of time 
• Pull-ups: a certain number, in a specified amount of time 
• Two-mile run: in a specified amount of time (times are dependent on sex and age of candidate) 
Just as with the written test, the physical agility/physical fitness test must be prepared for. All of the above 
three tests require the candidate to work out and perform various physical fitness activities for a specified 
period of time before the testing process in order to ensure the candidate is in proper physical condition for 
the test. It is also the time for the candidate to realize that physical fitness must be a career-long decision in 
law enforcement, and this is the perfect time to start with the mindset of keeping physically fit as a lifestyle. 
 
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