In Philadelphia, Tyler Derr, 29, was driven to become an officer because he wanted to be a public servant. After passing four phases of the physical exam, he said he found it easy.

“I think if anybody takes care of themselves and is physically active, this should be pretty easy for them,” he said, cautioning against lowering standards too much.

“I still think we should be holding ourselves to a high standard, physically and morally,” he said.

It was something Wexler cautioned too — you can tweak standards to open up wider opportunities, but you can’t make a mistake in hiring.

“It only takes one bad officer to bring down a department and impact an entire city. We saw that in Minneapolis,” he said. “The one thing you can’t make a mistake on is character.”