Andhra Pradesh Police has brought in significant changes in recruitment of constables and sub-inspectors from this year by removing five-km run (2.5 km for women), preliminary qualifying test and reducing the number of physical evaluation tests from five to three.
Instead, the candidates will have to compete in a one-mile (1,600 m) run, with varying time limits for men and women, Director General of Police (Head of Police Force) J V Ramudu said.
As the five-km run often resulted in fatalities and caused fear among the aspirants, the department decided to do away with it.
"There is no such test for recruitment of IPS officers and deputy superintendents of police (state cadre). Physical efficiency will be improved during the course of training. So we will follow the same in the recruitment of sub-inspectors and other cadres," the DGP said.
He issued a notification today for recruiting 3,126 constables (civil) and 1,067 constables (Armed Reserve) as the first step in filling up about 14,000 vacancies in the department.