What fitness tests the police use during their recruitment process and whether any changes to the tests have been implemented in the past t…

Under the Police Regulations 1976, no person may be appointed as a constable unless he or she has been certified to be "in good health, of sound constitution and fitted both physically and mentally to perform the duties of constable". All police forces in Scotland have fitness tests for entry and these vary to some extent from force to force. As part of an on-going review being carried out by the Association of Police Officers in Scotland, consideration is being given to introducing a single national fitness test which all forces in Scotland would adopt.