2 minutes, 6 seconds: Why some object to this new PT standard for future Georgia cops article Starting Jan. 1, all police recruits in GA must be able to finish this obstacle course in 2:06 or they won't be admitted to the Training Academy. (GPSTC photo) FORSYTH, Ga. - This month, the state of Georgia began requiring all recruits pass a basic physical fitness test before entering the police academy. The idea makes sense to a lot of people. But to one politically powerful law enforcement group in Georgia, it’s too much, too soon. When a police department or sheriff’s office hires someone, they first have to go through training at one of the police academies around the state of Georgia, operated by the Georgia Public Safety Training Center or GPSTC.