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Fit Cops: Bergen County SWAT Member Keeps Composure In Boxing Ring Fit Cops: Bergen County SWAT Member Keeps Composure In Boxing Ring
Fit Cops: Bergen County SWAT Member Keeps Composure In Boxing Ring Victor Urgiles had just gotten home from police training last May when the call came in. A New York City murder suspect had barricaded himself in a Hackensack home. Urgiles, a Bergen County Regional SWAT Team member, knew anything could happen at the scene.  But he wasn't afraid. Moments like this is what Urgiles trains for. "Always stay ready so you don't have to get ready," said Urgiles, also a Wallington police officer. That's the mentality he adopted as a boxer at Hackensack's Savage Boxing & Fitness, and says work in the ring helps prepare him for his job in law enfor…

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by Cecilia Levine