Data for Job-Related Fitness Test(JRFT) from April 2021 to March 2024

 

I note you seek access to the following information:

Please provide me with full answers to each of the following questions regarding your force’s Job-Related Fitness Test (JRFT):

1. What is the current standard that officers must reach on the bleep test ie 5:4, 3:7 etc?
   Please state if there are different requirements for different ranks and specialisms
2. For each of the past three years, what are the most recent pass and fail rates
   a) in total
   b) by sex
   c) by age and
   d) by rank?
   Ie overall in 2023, 230 pass, 20 fail; 5 male and 15 female fail; 3 under 30s fail, 17 over 50s fail; 4 constables fail, 16 chief officers fail
3. How many officers in each of the past three years took an alternative test to the shuttle run ie Chester treadmill walk
4. In each of the past three years, how many officers have been
   a) subject to Unsatisfactory Performance Procedures for repeatedly failing the fitness test and
   b) dismissed

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full. 

 

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

 

 

Please see below the bleep test standards for various specialisms. (Standards from March 2024)

Units	15m MSSR req.	Additional test req.
DIV, MSC, DDO, PCSO, POLSA, MPU,CBRN, MOE, OSI, TSR	5.4	6 sec Enforcer Lift for MOE
DHS, MB	5.7
CYC	5.8
PSU & TSG	6.3
ASU	6.4	20 sec Rope Hang
PDU	6.8
MPU (Tactical)	7.2
AFO	7.6
ARV	9.4
EG, POM, POI	10.2
SFO	10.5	20 sec Rope Hang

 

KEY:

Abbreviations	Full Explanation
AFO	Authorised Firearms Officer
ARV	Armed Response Vehicle
ASU	Air Support Unit
CBRN	Chemical, Biological, Radioactive & Nuclear
CYC	Police Cyclist
DHS	Dog Handling Section
Div	Divisional basic level
DDO	Designated Detention Officer
EG	Evidence Gatherer
MB	Mounted Branch
MOE	Method of Entry
MPU Tactical	Marine Police Unit Tactical
MPU	Marine Police Unit
MSC	Special Constable
OSI	Officer Safety Instructor
PCSO	Police Community Support Officer
PDU	Police Dive Unit
POI	Public Order Instructor
POLSA	Search Team
POM	Public Order Medic/Instructor
PSU	Police Support Unit
SFO	Specialist Firearms Officer
TSG	Territorial Support Group
TSR	Taser Trained Officer

 

 

sex, age and gender are self-declared fields and not everyone has completed the self-declared fields, so we can only provide what's reported on our system

 

To confirm these are candidates who completed fitness during recruitment only.

Financial Year	Pass	Fail
April 2021 to March 2022	4543	27
April 2022 to March 2023	4803	44
April 2023 to March 2024	3723	17
Total	13069	88

GENDER:

Financial Year - April 2021 to March 2022	Pass	Fail
Total	4543	27
Male	2663	3
Female	1844	23
Other	2	0
Intersex	1	0
Prefer not to say	17	0
Not Disclosed	16	1

Financial Year - April 2022 to March 2023	Pass	Fail
Total	4803	44
Male	3062	5
Female	1688	37
Other	1	1
Intersex	0	0
Prefer not to say	19	0
Not Disclosed	33	1

 

Financial Year - April 2023 to March 2024	Pass	Fail
Total	3723	17
Male	2292	4
Female	1178	13
Other	1	0
Intersex	0	0
Prefer not to say	12	0
Not Disclosed	240	0

AGE:

RANK:

 

 

Below table shows breakdown of alternative fitness test using Treadmill or Cycle for the past 3 years:

Row Labels	Man Ref - Alternative Fitness Test - Treadmill	Man Ref - Alternative Fitness Test - Cycle
2021	1073 121
2022	1033 89
2023	870 69
Grand Total	2976 279

 

 

Since 2021, 25 Stage 1 UPPs have been issued, 6 of which were moved to Stage 2. There have been no dismissals.