By Patrick O’Neill
Press-Enterprise
The guards formed a line inside the California Rehabilitation Center, meeting San Bernardino County sheriff’s deputies face to face.
Photographers snapped pictures as some opponents balled their fists in feigned aggression. Two men flexed over protruding guts. Others nodded and shook hands with adversaries.
The mock bluster occurred during the weigh-in at the Norco prison for the sixth annual Battle of the Badges competition.
Hosted and funded by the Orange County-based Lindora Clinic weight loss group, the contest aims to draw attention to cardiovascular disease among law enforcement officers. Four out of five law enforcement personnel are overweight, and 50 percent will die of heart disease within five years of retirement, according to the Criminal Justice Institute.
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