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Wendy and Christopher Tinio both served in the U.S. Marines before settling in his native New Jersey following honorable discharges two years ago.
Christopher Tinio, 25 (Badge #308), was born in Jersey City and was graduated from Dickinson High School. He enlisted a year later.
A motor transportation operator, he completed a tour of Afghanistan in 2009 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
Wendy, Christopher Tinio
After leaving the Marines in 2012, he worked at Immigration Custom Enforcement for a year while attending the State Corrections Academy in Sea Girt.
He was graduated in February and has been working as a State Corrections officer at East Jersey State prison.
Tinio met his future wife during basic training in North Carolina. Both were later stationed at Camp Pendleton in San Diego County, CA.
Wendy Tinio — who turns 27 tomorrow — was born in Camden Ark., and grew up in Mendon, Mich., with her parents and eight siblings.
She got an associate’s degree in general education at Kalamazoo Valley Community College before enlisting as an ammo tech and is now an honor student in criminal justice at Bergen Community College. She’ll wear Badge #309.
The Tinios, who’ve been married five years, have two children: 4-year-0ld Charlotte and Theodore, 3.
The Tinios, Bergen County Executive Kathleen Donovan (IMAGES: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE)
Also sworn tonight were another Marine and a U.S. Army soldier.
All four join more than 100 other recruits who begin the 113th county police academy class on Friday. Graduation is set for Dec. 19.
David Michael Dombrowski, 27, was born in Hackensack and grew up in Rutherford.
He followed his grandfather’s footsteps into the U.S. Marine Corps after being graduated from high school, was deployed to Fallujah and participated in training an Iraqi police unit while conducting combat patrols during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
After returning from Iraq, Dombrowski was awarded the position of team leader and selected to attend the advanced infantry training battalion’s squad leaders course.
Prior to receiving an honorable discharge, Dombrowski was awarded a good conduct medal for his faithful service to the Marines.
James Farrar was born in Lamesa, Texas and grew up in a law enforcement household in San Angelo.
After he was graduated from high school in 2000, Farrar
enlisted in the U.S. Army, with which he served as an MP in various units worldwide.
While at West Point, he met his wife, Diana, a Bergen County native. The two were married in May 2006.
Farrar, 32, was deployed to Baghdad from June 2006 to September 2007 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with the mission of training Iraqi police in proper law and order procedures and protocols.
In 2011, he earned an Associate’s Degree in General Studies from the University of Phoenix.
After receiving his honorable discharge in 2012, he took a job in retail security in Paramus while pursuing a career in law enforcement.
Being hired by the BCPD is the fulfillment of a lifelong goal, Farrar said.
IMAGES: Courtesy BERGEN COUNTY EXECUTIVE
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