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Fit Cops: Paramus Detective Is Jiu Jitsu Black Belt Fit Cops: Paramus Detective Is Jiu Jitsu Black Belt
Fit Cops: Paramus Detective Is Jiu Jitsu Black Belt PARAMUS, N.J. -- Mark Pinajian was responding to a fraud in progress at a Paramus department store last year when a suspect fleeing from security ran into him. The Paramus police detective had to think fast. He was all alone. He had to find a way to apprehend the man. Swiftly. Safely. Systematically. With unparalleled reflexes and little time to plan, Pinajian pinned the suspect up against the wall before tripping him down to the ground. The final move the detective deployed was a common one he mastered over the past 12 years as a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighter: a shoulder lock. And with th…

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by Cecilia Levine