NYPD lowers fitness standard by scrapping timed, 1.5-mile run for new recruits — sparking brass squabblesBy Tina Moore, Bernadette Hogan and Steve Janoski
March 1, 2023
The NYPD has again lowered its requirement for police recruits, scrapping a timed, 1.5-mile run in the police academy, the department’s head of training told The Post.
The controversial move — which training Chief Juanita Holmes said will help more women applicants make the cut — sparked an intra-agency battle between Holmes and NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell that Mayor Eric Adams had to settle.
The internal squabble boiled over just months after The Post reported in July that the NYPD dramatically relaxed the police fitness test amid a record wave of retirements.
The department has also had trouble recruiting new cops, many of whom can find better paying jobs in Long Island or elsewhere in the country.
Without the timed run, the only physical fitness criteria for NYPD hopefuls is the Job Standard Test, a multi-step course that needs to be completed in 4-minutes and 28-seconds.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/03/01/nypd-kills-timed-run-requirement-for-new-nyc-cops/
