Physical Abilities testing; what are POPAT, PARE and PREP?
POPAT (Peace Officers Physical Abilities Test), PARE ( Physical Abilities Requirement Evaluation), and PREP (Physical Readiness Evaluation for Police) are all variations for testing job related physical abilities. The tests simulate physical job related activities such as running, climbing stairs, avoiding obstacles, pushing, pulling, falling, getting up, carrying and dragging, and all to be completed in a minimum time frame. POPAT was the first test of its kind and was developed in the mid to late 1980’s by Doug Farenholtz, PhD, who was then working with the Police Academy, Justice Institute of BC. POPAT has been adopted as the standard physical abilities test in British Columbia and by many police agencies across Canada. PARE is the RCMP version of physical abilities testing and uses most of the same activities as in POPAT but varies the order of the components based on their own research. Some other police services in Canada, such as the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary, use PARE in
