Need some advice...........

[alecia777]

Hello all, I just have a couple questions that I am praying someone will be able to answer.

1. On every Police app. I have see they ask for contact numbers and physical address for past spouuses, significant others...... Long story short, when I was 19 I was married for a very short time. We both decided we were not mature enough and ended up divorcing a year later. I have had no contact with this man for almost 20 yrs. I have no idea how to obntain his phone number, or even which state he is now living in. What would be the best way for me to find this ino out?

2. I have some concerns on the dummy drag, most of the physical standards I have seen require the applicant to drag a 150-160 lb dummy. I am 5 foot 9 inches but only weigh 124. I have racked my brain trying to think of something i could practice on, but have come up with nothing except possibly a person and I am not sure if anyone will agree to me dragging them across the floor If anyone has done this recently, especially a female I would love some tips on building upper body sttrength......

Thank you for taking the time to read this. Stay safe and God Bless

[pac201]

Welcome alecia777, as to the first question, an explanation such as you have posted here would be sufficient. The BI understands things like this.

The dummy drag, you don't know any dummies that would let you drag them? J/k. A duffel bag loaded with the amount of weight will do for practice.

If you haven't already started, push-ups etc. type of training will help build upper body strength.

Good luck.

[alecia777]

pac201, Thank you so much for the quick response. Oh boy, I feel a little stupid that i had not thought of the duffel bag with weights, lol. That is an awesome suggestion!! I have started training, I will admit that I will need a bit more in regards to the push ups. Some of the agencies I am looking at have different reqs. for men and women, but not all of them. I want to be able to exceed the minimum req. From what I have read in these forums, the academy iis pretty tough and I have a feeling the minimums are not going to cut it there!!! Thank you again for the speedy reply!!

[greg72982]

I could be wrong but I think the dummy drag mostly uses leg muscles. Join a gym and work on your legs (and everything else for that matter). That said we do a 200 pound dummy drag and I've seen women your size do it...

[MikeG]

That said we do a 200 pound dummy drag and I've seen women your size do it...

I guess we now know your weight as well as PathosLogos H/W.

[greg72982]

I guess we now know your weight as well as PathosLogos H/W.

rooflez...actually that is my weight but Pathos is smaller than this young lady

[alecia777]

Thank you greg72982. My lower body strength is pretty good, so that is good news. i do alot of running, stair climbing....... My upper body is definetly my weak area and I will start working on that more.

[greg72982]

The only way to really know is to try to simulate the test. Pac201 had a good suggestion...

[MikeG]

rooflez...actually that is my weight but Pathos is smaller than this young lady

Oooh. Good answer. You could have easily stepped in it and accidentally turned this into a midget porn thread or something.

[alecia777]

Yes, I agree. pac201 definetly came up with a good idea. Going to start practicing and see where I am at now, and continue to train until I am successful!

[mcsap]

The four basics that most police agility tests require are RUNNING , situps , bench press , dummy drags
and RUNNING. Did I mention RUNNING ?

If you haven't started running , get with it. You'll need it.

[greg72982]

The four basics that most police agility tests require are RUNNING , situps , bench press , dummy drags
and RUNNING. Did I mention RUNNING ?

If you haven't started running , get with it. You'll need it.

Yeah but running sucks.

[PathosLogos]

Oooh. Good answer. You could have easily stepped in it and accidentally turned this into a midget porn thread or something.

Don't let him fool you, I'm huge...in case you can't tell from my pictures.

:P

[mcsap]

Yeah but running sucks.

Running only sucks if you're bad at it.

[greg72982]

Running only sucks if you're bad at it.

Like I said, it sucks.