Introduction. The article considers the need to develop strength abilities of police officers studying in the main professional training programs in educational institutions of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The author conducted a theoretical analysis of the content of strength training. A thematic plan of such classes offered to students during their self-training is presented, developed taking into account gender. In the course of the study, the results of which are reflected in the article, complexes of static-dynamic strength exercises were tested based on the use of a circular form of organizing classes and an interval training method. A positive relationship was revealed between the students' performance of static-dynamic exercises and an increase in the indicators of control tests assessing the level of their physical fitness. Methods. In solving the research problems, the methods of analyzing scientific and methodological literature and documentary sources, a pedagogical experiment were used. The methods of mathematical statistics made it possible to evaluate the reliability and significance of the indicators of physical fitness of students obtained in the experimental groups. Results. The performance of static-dynamic exercises by students, coupled with the use of a circular form of organizing classes during self-training, improved the indicators of physical fitness of police officers