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Fit Cops: Garfield Officer Has Marine Corps Mentality Fit Cops: Garfield Officer Has Marine Corps Mentality
Fit Cops: Garfield Officer Has Marine Corps Mentality GARFIELD, N.J. -- Garfield Police Officer Kevin Otero keeps his uniform crisp, his shoes shiny and his head held high. At 260 pounds of solid muscle, the 34-year-old officer isn't one to mess with. He knows it. "When you’re physically fit and your uniform is form-fitted you look squared away," the officer said. "That alone will give you command presence." It's compliance during a routine motor vehicle stop. It's submission when breaking up a fight. It's unconditional respect -- something Otero learned in 2006, when he enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and began traini…

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by Cecilia Levine