LOVE is in the air for two Sheffield officers who met on the job in London, and transferred up north together \u201cto improve life for themselves and their young daughter\u201d.<\/p>\n
PC Toby Brown and PC Christina Coyne will be tying the knot in August after a six-year romance that started on the same beat with the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n
Toby, 39, and Christina, 29, met in 2010 when they worked in the Tower Hamlets district of London with the Met. They then moved from Essex to Sheffield \u2013 Toby\u2019s home town \u2013 this time last year.<\/p>\n
Christina, who works from Moss Way police station in Sheffield, said: \u201cLike many people, we feel quality of life and striking a work life balance is very important, so we moved to Sheffield for a better lifestyle. Toby and I transferred from the Met to South Yorkshire Police in February 2016 to create a better environment for ourselves and more importantly our four-year-old daughter Ruby.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, so good. We\u2019re living right on the edge of the Peak District National Park and we no longer have to plan our days out around Tube travel and journeying across London. Life\u2019s much better here in Sheffield and we\u2019re looking forward to enjoying a lifetime of happiness together.\u201d<\/p>\n
Toby, who is part of the Sheffield North West Local Policing Team, explained: \u201cWe got to know each other while working on district in London and our love has grown from there. You might say it\u2019s been blossoming ever since we first met.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wouldn\u2019t have met if it wasn\u2019t for the job and we\u2019re both really excited about our wedding in August, though there\u2019s still plenty of organising to do ahead of the big day.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pair were spoken to by the force to promote transferring to South Yorkshire Police.<\/p>\n
You can watch PC Coyne speaking about her new life in South Yorkshire in our video on YouTube: https:\/\/youtu.be\/eJVn3hBEZvo<\/p>\n