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Fit Cops: K9 Officer Gains Mental Fortitude At Paramus CrossFit Gym Fit Cops: K9 Officer Gains Mental Fortitude At Paramus CrossFit Gym
Fit Cops: K9 Officer Gains Mental Fortitude At Paramus CrossFit Gym PARAMUS, N.J. -- Watching Cindy Garcia at Guerrilla Fitness in Paramus, it's hard to believe there was ever a time she wasn't a CrossFit athlete. Handstand push-ups? No problem. Pistol squats? They're her strong suit. The sport came naturally to Garcia. She is unstoppable. But despite her hesitance to try it a year ago, Garcia says CrossFit is one of the best things she's ever done for her career as an NJ Transit K9 officer. "You never know what your day is going to entail -- could be easy patrolling, or something major," said Garcia, 42, after Thursday evening's rigorous workou…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Fit Cops: Paramedic From Paramus Dropped 40 Pounds For Dream Police Job Fit Cops: Paramedic From Paramus Dropped 40 Pounds For Dream Police Job
Fit Cops: Paramedic From Paramus Dropped 40 Pounds For Dream Police Job PARAMUS, N.J. -- The degree and the dream were both there for Christie Ohlendorf of Paramus.  All that was left to do was lose the weight. Ohlendorf had been working as a paramedic with St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center for five years in 2011, but knew that if she wanted to work as a police officer in Wayne, she'd have to make a change. If not for herself, for her son, now 12. "I knew what I wanted and hated the fact that my kid knew what I wanted, and I wasn’t doing it," said Ohlendorf, 34. "I wanted to show him you can do what you want to do, even if there are obstacl…

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by Cecilia Levine