Minneapolis PD Trials Rowing-Based Fitness Test

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The Minneapolis Police Department is taking steps to implement a new physical conditioning test for new recruits.

The department’s current assessment is based on the Cooper standard and involves a timed mile and a half run, a sit-up and push-up requirement, and a vertical jump of at least 13 inches. The proposed assessment would center on a 2,000-meter minimum on a rowing machine, which is suggested to be more indicative of an officer’s capacity for street work.

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