NYPD: Job Standard Test (JST)

One continuous course, completed in 4 minutes 28 seconds or less while wearing a 14-lb weighted vest. The clock keeps running if you rest.

• Sprint 50 ft and climb a 6-ft barrier (3 attempts)
• Stair climb: 3 trips up and back
• Physical restraint simulation (push and pull a weighted handle)
• Pursuit run of about 600 ft around cones
• Victim rescue: drag a 176-lb mannequin 35 ft
• Trigger pull: 16 pulls with the strong hand, 15 with the other

NYPD dropped its timed 1.5-mile run for candidates in 2023, leaving the JST as the physical test you must pass.

LAPD: Physical Abilities Test (PAT)

• Sit-ups: as many as possible in 1 minute
• 300-meter sprint
• Push-ups: as many as possible in 1 minute
• 1.5-mile run

You must attempt all four events, and the passing score is 70%. LAPD doesn't publish a minimum for each event. The PAT is a half-day session in Los Angeles, scheduled after you pass the written test, and the Academy gives its first fitness test in week one.

LA County Sheriff: Validated Physical Ability Test

• Push-ups in 1 minute (chest touches a 1-liter bottle)
• 75-yard run with turns and curb-like obstacles
• Sit-ups in 1 minute
• 20-meter shuttle run (beep test)

There's no minimum for any single event. Your four scores are added up for one pass/fail result, so a strong event can make up for a weaker one. You must pass before you can enter the Academy. Call 1-800-A-DEPUTY with scoring questions.

Dallas Police: Pre-Academy Fitness Testing

• Timed runs
• Weightlifting
• Sit-ups
• Push-ups

Held at Dallas PD headquarters about twice a month before candidates enter the 10-month Academy. DPD doesn't publish minimum scores online, so ask a DPD recruiter for the current standards.

California Highway Patrol (CHP): Physical Abilities Test

You must meet every minimum within the time limit. Failing any event ends your application for that exam cycle, but you can reapply in the next one.

New York State Trooper: Physical Ability Test

These are the hiring minimums. The standards to graduate from the Academy are higher, so train past them.

Pennsylvania State Police: Cadet Physical Readiness Test

The same test is given at application and again when you report to the Academy; failing any event disqualifies you. The graduation test is harder and the same for everyone, including a 1.5-mile run of 14:50.

Texas DPS Trooper: Physical Readiness Test

• 1.5-mile run
• 4-minute row

You need a combined score of at least 55% across the two events. Scoring charts for men and women are on the DPS site.

You take the test during the application, where your score also counts toward your ranking, and again on day one of recruit school. Failing on day one cancels your job offer. Command presence standards (waist, height/weight or body fat) also apply.

New Jersey: Police Training Commission Pre-Academy Standard

The Police Training Commission's fitness standard for NJ police trainees. Your hiring agency and academy will tell you when you're tested.

FBI Special Agent: Physical Fitness Test (PFT)

• Pull-ups
• 300-meter sprint
• Push-ups
• 1.5-mile run

The events are done in this order with limited rest in between. You need a qualifying total score and the minimum in each event. You get three attempts to pass after the Meet and Greet.

The PFT now uses pull-ups instead of sit-ups, so older guides online are out of date. The FBI's official page doesn't list the scoring tables; use the FBI FitTest app and the PFT self-evaluation to prepare.

DEA Special Agent: Physical Task Assessment (PTA)

• Sit-ups: 1 minute
• 300-meter sprint
• Push-ups: untimed, continuous
• 1.5-mile run

Each event is scored 0–10. To pass you need at least 12 points total and at least 1 point in every event. Scoring differs for men and women but not by age.

The PTA is the first assessment in the DEA hiring process, and you need to pass it again before the DEA Academy. You only move on to the written assessment after passing it.

ATF Special Agent: Physical Task Test

Missing the minimum on any event removes you from the hiring process, and ATF does not offer a retake.

Secret Service: Applicant Physical Abilities Test (APAT)

Each event is scored 0–8. You need at least 20 points total with no event at zero, so you need an average of 5 points per event, such as 27 push-ups or a 14:42 1.5-mile run.

Border Patrol Agent: Pre-Employment Fitness Test (PFT-1)

On the step test, you fail if you're off the beat 3 times in a row, miss 6 steps in total, push on your legs with your hands, or stop.

CBP Officer: Fitness Tests

CBP Officer candidates must pass two fitness tests: a Pre-Employment Fitness Test (PFT) during hiring, and the Fitness Graduation Standard at the Academy:

CBP's older guides describe different pre-employment tests, so confirm the current PFT events with CBP when you're invited.