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Request:
Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with full answers to each of the following questions regarding your force’s Job-Related Fitness Test (JRFT):
Q1. 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
Q2. 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
Q3. How many officers in each of the past three years took an alternative test to the shuttle run ie Chester treadmill walk
Q4. How many officers are currently on restricted duties / recuperative duties / limited duties as a result of failing their fitness tests?
Q5. In each of the past three years, how many officers have been a) subject to Unsatisfactory Performance Procedures for repeatedly failing the fitness test an
Response:
Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information
To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police. I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police.
Decision
I have today decided to disclose the located information to you.
Q1. Please see the table below showing the standard of bleep test level that needs to be reached for certain officers.
Officer |
Level |
Police Officers |
5.4 |
Public Order Officers |
6.3 |
Firearms officers |
9.4 |
Q2. Please see the table below showing the total number of pass and fail rates in regards to the job related fitness tests, for the period between 2021 and 2024, broken down by gender and year.
Year |
Attended |
Gender not recorded |
Pass – Male |
Fail -Male |
Not recorded - Male |
Pass- Female |
Fail - Female |
Not recorded – Female |
2021/22 |
836 |
116 |
416 |
2 |
0 |
294 |
8 |
0 |
2022/23 |
822 |
60 |
460 |
2 |
0 |
287 |
13 |
0 |
2023/24 |
1207 |
33 |
758 |
3 |
0 |
392 |
21 |
0 |
Please note, age and rank of individuals is not recorded in relation to pass/fail rate of the job related fitness test.
Q3. Please see the table below the total number of alternative tests took for the period between 2021 and 2024, broken down by year.
Year |
Alternative Test |
2021/22 |
10 |
2022/23 |
28 |
2023/24 |
51 |
Q4. No information held
Q5. Zero
Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.