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Garfield-Lodi, NJ
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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…
Teaneck, NJ
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Teaneck Appoints Acting Fire Chief Jordan Zaretsky
TEANECK, N.J. -- With their designee as fire chief declining the job, Teaneck officials appointed Deputy Chief Jordan Zaretsky to the position of acting chief. Browning declined hours before Tuesday's Council meeting, at which he was to be appointed. Instead, four public servants were promoted: New Deputy Chief Joseph Berchtold, new Battalion Chief Sean Mackey, new Capt. Edward Gallone and new Lt. Sergio Caamano. Zaretsky, who has a master's degree in Business Administration and Management from Montclair State University, is a 23-year veteran of the department who was appointed to the depu…
