Training

Unparalleled training. Boundless opportunities.

Each new Uniformed Division officer recruit receives world-class training from seasoned experts. With disciplines ranging from criminal law to emergency medicine, our trainers ensure that each recruit is prepared to successfully secure the White House and be eligible for selection in any one of the agency’s specialized units upon completion of the intensive 29-week training course.

New recruits undergo intensive training where they must successfully complete the 13-week Basic Police Training Course at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia or Artesia, New Mexico. Each recruit then receives 16 weeks of specialized instruction at our training facility near Washington, D.C.

The 29 weeks of training cover subjects including:

• Access control
• Police procedures
• Criminal law
• Firearms training
• Emergency medicine
• Control tactics
• Laws of arrest
• Driver training
• Search and seizure
• Police and community relations
• Physical fitness training and testing

Classroom study is supplemented by on-the-job training. Officers attend advanced in-service training programs throughout their careers.

Physical Fitness Evaluation

The below training fitness standards are different from the Applicant Physical Abilities Test (APAT) fitness standards.

This hand-out has been designed to educate the reader on the United States Secret Service Physical Fitness standards and the proper protocols necessary to accomplish those standards. Recruits who will be attending training at the James J. Rowley Training Center (JJRTC) are expected to arrive in good physical condition, ready to begin a functional fitness program.

The fitness evaluation measures strength, endurance, and aerobic capacity in four core elements. The core elements are Push-ups, Sit-ups, Chin-ups, and the 1.5 mile run. The fitness evaluation will be administered at the beginning, during, and end of training. Secret Service weapon carrying employees are additionally required to participate in the USSS Physical Fitness Evaluation quarterly.

The following point system will be applied to the fitness category level achieved by the student in accordance with their age and gender. The point system will be applied to the four (4) core elements of the U.S. Secret Service Individual Fitness Profile Evaluation.