Thoughts?
Thoughts?
30 seconds at 6 minute mile pace and you’ll probably lose the majority of them lol. Of course you do get some decently fast ones who could fire off a sub 30 second 200m and catch most people fairly easily.
My understanding is that in order to join the police force it is recommended (not mandatory) that you get at least level 5 on the pacer test which equates to about a VO2 max of something like 30 and some officers even fail that.
Speed Force User wrote:
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Can you outrun a bullet?
Depends on the police man. One of my friends is a police man and 14:30 5k runner, one time someone tried to run away from him he got him easily.
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
Depends on the police man. One of my friends is a police man and 14:30 5k runner, one time someone tried to run away from him he got him easily.
My brother has all his life ( he is 61 now) picked fights when drunk only to run for escape when they got angry, he is three years older than me, so I had to learn how to beat him in a fight, but also to catch him, great motivation to become a runner, well, it was lucky for my brother that he never picked a fight with your policefriend or any of that sort.
A 60 second 400 and the ability to scale a typical 8 foot fence a few times is the minimum requirement.
If you've ever watched police foot chases viewed from the helicopter you can see how cutting tangents and knowing an area can greatly increase their chances.
Speed Force User wrote:
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Donut eaters like Chief Wiggam?
I can solidly weigh in on this based on years of observation.
For some reason the HS track next to my house is where corrections officers take their physical fitness test. And also where the state police takes the recruits. Every year I've been around to watch them do the test while I've been at the track.
Corrections officers for my state run 300m. Roughly the fastest I've seen is around 50s. Largly, like 99% of them, run slower than 1:10, or about 6min pace.
The state police are required to do a 3200. The fastest has been about 13min. Most are towards 16-20min.
Mind you, most of the law enforcement agencies don't require physical fitness tests after the new recruit is in. So they most likely get more out of shape than the test.
If you can run the following, you are set.
-First 100m in 15s because anyone can sprint for 100m
-Through 400m in 75s, because they might be decently fit.
-Through the mile in 6:15. Because you might as well get more distance off of them.
My buddy, a former DI running back, is a PO in a dense urban area. The other day, someone crashed into his patrol car while he was stopped at a light. NBD. Had to spend an hour dealing with grumpy supervisors and paperwork. Thereafter, he was on foot patrol and single highhandedly apprehended two armed robbers after a foot chase. Caught and cuffed the first guy after about a 60 m sprint. Caught and cuffed the second guy about 500M later. He finished his shift two hours later, got his five mile run in before sunrise and then saw his daughters off to school. NBD, man. NBD.
The average police officer isn't going to catch most people here.
First, they're not fast enough.
Then you have to think of their uniform, shoes, gun, belt, cuffs they are carrying.
And you have a slight head start.
The main issue would be handling your adrenaline.
You may trip and fall right away.
And you have to have a destination to run to and get far enough away to be out of sight.
Then not show your face in that area again.
And don't be black.
They will shot you if even you do not pose a threat.
Speed Force User wrote:
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A a retired police officer told me. "I'm not chasing anyone. I have a radio and a gun."
I know of a cop with 44.xx 400m PR, no joke.
Lee Evans has a 43. PR but I think I can get away from him now.
Lasse Viren and Joe Falcon were both Police Officers.
David Mack was a 1:43 guy who became a cop!
Be able to drop a sub 30 second 200m and than drop a sub 5 minute mile. As far as guns are concerned, run in a zig zag.
If you're black, it doesn't matter how fast you are. You'll be murdered before you've taken ten steps.
My neighbor is a cop. He is about 6'3" and was a competitive swimmer in high school and for a bit in college before he dropped out. He has been able to run down perps who are young and pretty fast. The key for the cops is not to try to out sprint them, but to keep them in sight because most perps go out hard and then are completely winded after about 2 min. So, when he chases a perp, he will go out at a pace that he can hold for a mile and let the perp blow up after 400-800m. Also, odds are pretty good that a perp will hit a dead end or come across back up after sprinting for a minute or two.
Unfortunately, the average police officer is pretty slow. Most cops do not keep up with their physical fitness and way too many are overweight and could not run a mile without having to stop. But this is also true of the general population.
Reptilians wrote:
David Mack was a 1:43 guy who became a cop!
And then what?
San Quentin Track Team?
The superior question, is: which event specialist is ideally suited to evade police chase? I say 400 hurdlers.