Speaking of errors on the PAT... Our department sent 6 of us to Chicopee a few years back to run the PAT there because our local PAT was closed (although only for a week!). Anyhow, during the preview day, our proctor told us it was his first day running the police test, and it showed. Instead of having one 'event' (stairs, low hazard, window, ect) per lap he made us do an event, then run a lap without an event, then an event lap and so on. We had all done pretty well 2 years prior when we originally were hired as intermitants but that day we added another 30-40 seconds to our times. Thank god we knew something was wrong! After we all had finished, we asked if HRD had changed the test. A couple phone calls later, we had an appology. Good thing that day did not mean anything.