MEN AND WOMEN HOPING TO BECOME SIOUX CITY POLICE OFFICERS WERE TAKING THE NEXT STEPS IN THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS WEDNESDAY AT THE SIOUXLAND EXPO CENTER.
POLICE SGT. TOM GILL SAYS THE APPLICANTS WERE TRYING TO PASS THE PHYSICAL FITNESS AND SKILLS TESTS IN THE AFTERNOON, AND THEN TAKING REQUIRED WRITTEN EXAMS IN THE EVENING.
FOR SOME APPLICANTS, IT’S THEIR SECOND OPPORTUNITY THIS MONTH:
TESTING3 OC…….FOR THE WRITTEN TEST. :19
GILL SAYS FOR THOSE WHO PASS THE WRITTEN TEST, THE RESULTS ARE GOOD FOR A YEAR:
TESTING4 OC………..WE’RE DOING THIS. :24
THE PHYSICAL TESTINGS INVOLVES RUNNING A MILE AND A HALF IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF TIME:
TESTING5 OC……IF I HAD TO. :24
THERE ARE OTHER PHYSICAL TESTS TO PASS ALSO:
TESTING6 OC…….38 SIT UPS. :11
THE APPLICANTS WHO PASS THE PHYSICAL AND WRITTEN TESTS THEN MOVE ON TO TAKE A CIVIL SERVICE ORAL EXAM IN OCTOBER.
AFTER THAT, THE APPLICANTS MEET WITH CHIEF REX MUELLER AND POLICE COMMAND STAFF FOR INTERVIEWS.
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