Beginning Again with Ben

I’ve not blogged on purpose. In fact, I probably won’t blog anymore.  There, that’s over with.

I should probably wait a few more days, but, I’m bored and Facebook is down, so, here I am.

I recently applied for a Police Officer position with the City of Tucson. I have now completed the Physical Fitness Assessment, Written Test, Stress Assessment, and Oral Board Interview. I have submitted all my applications and background investigation documentation. Six days ago I was told that they would be letting us know our ranking in 10 – 14 days.

There were two processes for the next Academy. The first one had approx 200 applicants, the second had 350. They are hiring between 40 – 50 recruits. My estimation is that they interviewed between 100 – 125 people total, so, at the worst, I have a one in three chance of getting hired, and I would put it higher with my test scores and gender.

I was semi-proud of my Physical Fitness Assessment scores. I could have done better, and I’m disappointed with myself that I didn’t exceed my training numbers, but, the scores were not bad.

The PFT used the Cooper’s numbers to figure percentages. A passing PFT had to be at least a 40% average of the 5 assessments. The 5 tasks with my scores and percentages are:

1.5 mile run – 11:53 – 85%

Sit ups in one minute – 41 – 90%

Push ups (total) – 12 (boo) – 40%

Vertical Jump – 12.5 in. – 50%

300 meter Sprint – 59sec. – 90%

So, overall, I had a 71%, and all I needed was 40%. If I could have done just a few more push-ups. Damn! I was up to 15 push ups in training, so I’m not sure what happened. 15 would have put me up to 60% and really helped my overall score.

The written test was 100 questions. I scored a 95%.

On the Stress Assessment I received positive marks in all 5 areas.

Overall, I’m happy, and I really did not want to come home.

Everything else has been on the backburner. Work here is work. The weather is warming up. The dogs are doing well. Not much else to say.

I’ll let you all know when I get my ranking.