Hundreds of police officers in England and Wales failed a fitness test due to become mandatory later this year.
Interim results submitted to the College of Policing from 39 forces show that 851 officers fell short of the mark - out of 30,000 tests.
Of those who failed the test, 253 were male and 598 female.
The national police lead for fitness testing, ACC Rob Price, said the results showed the vast majority of officers tested were fit.
The fitness test involves officers reaching a certain level during a 15-metre "bleep test". The "bleep test" is so called because it requires officers to carry out shuttle runs between two markers at a speed which gradually gets faster, and is dictated by a bleep.
Humberside and Northumbria Police were the only two forces that boasted a 100% pass rates for both male and female officers.
The worst failure rates were seen in by police forces in Suffolk (7%), the West Midlands (5.8%), West Mercia and Warwickshire (5.6%), and Gwent (5.5%).
Bleep test:
- The bleep test is a multi-stage fitness test in which you must do shuttle runs in time with the bleeps until the bleeps get too quick for you
- The shuttle runs are done in time to bleep sounds on a pre-recorded audio device
- The time between the recorded bleeps decreases every minute as the level goes up
- The test usually consists of several levels: the higher the level, the quicker the speed
Data is still not available for the Metropolitan Police, the country's largest force, or for forces in Lancashire, Gloucestershire and Cumbria.
The new fitness testing, which will become compulsory in September, was brought in after recommendations made by Chief Inspector of Constabulary Tom Winsor.
Assistant Chief Constable Rob Price of Kent Police said: "The results to date are encouraging and show the vast majority of officers tested are fit."
The current guidelines expect officers to reach a score of 5.4 on the bleep test (four shuttles each within approximately 6.9 seconds), while for some kinds of specialist officers the standards are higher.
Police officers fail fitness tests
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