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				11-28-2002, 03:28 AM
			
			
			
		  
		
	
                
            	
		
		
		2/3 of our department are skinny guys, other 1/3 are big guys.  They look fat but are muscle.  They may do what Chicago PD is doing.  They get a bonus for taking and passing the state POWER test (Police Officer Wellness Evaulation Report).  I tell you the agility test to get in was easy, but the state tests were a killer.  My age catagory had to do the following on the first day in camp:  Sit and reach (to toes easy), 1 minute sit-ups 37+ in a min, run 1.5 miles in 13.46 or better, and bench 98% of your body weight. You have 12 weeks of training, the killing part was if you did the bare minimums in the tests, you were forced to run 5 miles a day every other day.  If you were lucky (LIKE ME!!!) you got the option to workout in the gym instead.  I chose to run a few times, but I don't like running!!! In the end, nothing felt better than receiveing my certificate of passing the state courses. 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
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