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transcript  Physical Abilities Test (PAT) for the Massachusetts Court System

[Text on screen that says "Physical Ability Test" with a Court Officer badge]

[A woman with a timer and a man in athletic clothes stand in a gym in front of a box with a duffel bag next to it.]

Proctor: Do you have any questions? The command is going to be "Ready, Set, Begin." When I say "begin," the time is going to start. You can start with your hands either on the bag or off the bag. Ready, set, begin. Pick up the bag, put it on the box in the taped in area, and places it back in the bin. 

[The man picks up the bag and puts it on the box, then puts it back in the bin.]

Proctor: Pick up the bag, place it in the other bin.

[The man picks up the bag, runs to the other bin, and places it in the bin.]

Proctor: Pick it back up and return it.

[The man picks the bag back up and returns it to the original bin.] 

Proctor: Again, place the bag in the bin, pick it up, and return it.

[The man places the bag in the bin, picks it back up, and returns it to the second bin.]

Proctor: This time, leave the bag in the bin. Follow the arrows around the high-visibility cone. 

[The man runs around white arrows painted on the floor and around a neon yellow cone.] 

Proctor: Continue around the perimeter of the course.

[The man runs around the perimeter of the gym, which is marked by neon yellow cones.]

Proctor: Proceed around the traffic barrel and come back towards the stairs.

[The man loops around the orange traffic barrel and runs back towards two sets of stairs that are pushed together with a platform in the middle.]

Proctor: Fourteen cycles on the stairs. Make sure to touch each stair with one foot. Two feet must touch the top platform, two feet must touch the floor.

[The man runs up and down the two steps of stairs with a platform in between them fourteen times while the narrator counts each cycle. The number of cycles flashes on the screen each time the man completes a cycle.]

Narrator: Three. Four. Five. Six. Seven. Eight. Nine. Ten. Eleven. Twelve. Thirteen. 

Proctor: Last one, exit to the right. Proceed to the left of the high-visibility cone.

[The man finishes his last cycle, turns right, and runs around the left of the neon yellow cone.] 

Proctor: Zig zag through the cones, following the non-verbal cues of the proctor. 

[The man zig zags in and out of two sets of blue cones on opposite sides of the gym while two proctors, one on each side, point to which cones he should zig zag through.]

Proctor: Proceed around the orange cone. 

[A proctor indicates an orange cone and the man runs around it to a dummy on the floor.]

Proctor: Flip the dummy over. Drag the dummy backwards either by the shirt or underneath the arms around the traffic barrel until the feet pass the white line.

[The man flips the dummy over and drags the dummy backwards by the shirt around the traffic barrel until the dummy's feet pass the white line.]

Proctor: Place the dummy down in a controlled manner.

[The man gently places the dummy down on the floor and runs over to a handcuff simulator in the middle of the room.]

Proctor: In a controlled manner, pull the handcuff over the peg, then return it.

[The man pulls the handcuff attached to the wire over the peg, and then replaces it.]

Proctor: Repeat the same process on the opposite side.

[The man walks to the other side of the handcuff simulator and repeats the process.]

Proctor: Time!

[Text on screen that says "Physical Ability Test" with a Court Officer badge]