bodyType

customContents

entityId

entityUuid

articlePageQuery

filter

article

articleBaseAdvertisingInfoArticle

articleListArticle

articleSeoArticle

hooksArticleAcknowledgementGateOverlayArticle

hooksTrackPageViewArticle

hooksContentInterestArticle

articleLinkingDataContent

hooksAmpRedirectArticle

articleSchemaContent

liveArticle

advertZone

sentiment

contentLock

topics

types

sections

paywallTypes

createdDate

publishedDate

sponsorType

urlAlias

moreOnThisArticles

commentCount

authorLocations

authors

corrections

displaySlideShow

multimediaEmbed

printHeadline

seriesContainer

articleSpeeches

socialHeadline

headline

images

flag

firstTopic

glossary

flattenTypeIds

image

relatedLinks

relatedNewsletters

__typename

sponsor

pdfFiles

seriesReverseOrder

series

disableOffPlatformContent

published

updatedDate

summary

subHeadline

body

keywords

readingTime

customTimezone

liveContents

The New Zealand Herald

By Amber Allott
New Zealand’s Police Commissioner has been put through his paces by having a crack at the police’s Physical Competency Test.
Mike Bush completed the test at the Royal New Zealand Police College in the city of Porirua, managing it in the time allocated for someone half his age.
The test is made up of 12 tasks.
They include a 200-metre sprint, climbing through a window, pushing a trailer, and dragging a “body”, in two minutes and 20 seconds.
The obstacle course has to be completed within a certain time limit, which is scaled based on age and gender.
“I’m 58 years old, and I did it in the time of a 28-year old. I’m pretty happy with that,” Bush said.
The maximum time limit allowed for a 58-year-old man is three minutes and twenty four seconds.
Bush said the purpose of the test was for officers to push themselves to the limit and to try to replicate what might happen in the field.
“The public expect their police to be fit and healthy, and we’ve got to maintain that.”


As to how he found it; “it hurts”.
“You do go into a level of oxygen debt. The last part is really hard - you’re running on rubbery legs.”
Bush believed it was important to take the test himself, because he expects all of his staff to qualify.
“If it’s good enough for them, it’s good enough for me.”
The Physical Competency Test is taken by all serving police officers, up to the rank of Commissioned Officer, every two years.

Every year most of our cops are required to complete their physical competency test - and yesterday I did mine! pic.twitter.com/cuNaqBVyRQ
— Mike Bush (@NZPCommissioner) April 5, 2018

But Bush thinks maintaining physical fitness is important for everyone.
“It’s good to stay fit. It doesn’t matter what walk of life you’re in.”
Read the original article at The New Zealand Herald


Leaders invited to Trump’s Board of Peace meeting in US. Who’s going?

India’s trade blitz seeks to keep afloat a sinking global order

Canada wants a middle-power alliance. Will Asia-Pacific sign up?

South China Sea: 6 risks facing Philippines and China as conflict threshold lowers

New Zealand

New Zealand police commissioner hurdles through frontline physical test

The Police Commissioner midway through the Physical Competency Test. Photo: supplied

New Zealand police release ‘the most entertaining recruitment video’ – and it breaks all social barriers

Video features 70 actual officers, social media stars and even uniform cats and dogs in uniform

Tougher than your average cat. Photo: NZ Police Recruitment

William Waiirua brings traffic to a standstill. Photo: NZ Police Recruitment

News

Asia

Australasia

Mike Bush completed the test in the time allocated for someone half his age, but admitted ‘it hurts’


Wellness

New Zealand police commissioner hurdles through frontline physical test

.css-1c6uqr6{color:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;line-height:inherit;overflow-wrap:break-word;}Mike Bush completed the test in the time allocated for someone half his age, but admitted ‘it hurts’

Mike Bush completed the test in the time allocated for someone half his age, but admitted ‘it hurts’