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Critics have warned that lowered hiring standards and slashed training times will lead to an explosion of abuses by immigration officers

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[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

...requiring 15 push-ups, 32 sit-ups, and running one-and-a-half miles in 14 minutes...

That's a stupidly easy test. I'm a programmer, gamer, and I have a bad back, and I can easily do that.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Dude 1.5 miles in 14 minutes is not as easy as it sounds, especially if you aren't active

[–] AFaithfulNihilist@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

A mile and a half and 14 minutes is a tiny bit faster than a brisk walk. If someone has trouble handling that pace for 14 minutes then they really should not be anywhere near a law enforcement job that requires them to be on their feet.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Just to confirm...

Is it all that's listed in 14 minutes. So, the push-ups, sit-ups and the running?

Not just running almost a kilometre in 14 minutes?

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Its 1.5 miles not almost 1km.

So 2.4km.

[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Ah fuck, I got the conversion the wrong way round

[–] nixus@anarchist.nexus 0 points 1 week ago

Oh, that's a good question. I read it as the latter, but if it's the former, it would be a bit tougher. It's still not super hard, but it is tougher than I initially imagined.