Matt and Janine first met and worked together in May 2015 at Riverside County Sheriff's Department Southwest Station where they both worked as Deputy Sheriff's. Although Matt thought Janine was a trainee and did not remember her much, their paths crossed again at a model home tour in Winchester, California, in December 2018. Janine was just picked to join the K9 Team and needed to buy her newly assigned dog (K9 Raven) a house with a backyard. Janine recognized Matt at the model home tour and approached him. Janine told Matt she knew him, but he was confused and thought he may have arrested her previously. Janine told Matt she was on his K9 Team, and in true Matt fashion, he ARGUED that she was not on the team because they did not have any women on the team. Janine CORRECTED Matt and told him she had just been selected as a bloodhound handler. Matt and Janine kept in touch primarily for team events, sharing loan rates and opinions on new housing tract builds. Then, one day, Matt invited Janine to "hang out" on the evening before her sister's wedding, and they have been together ever since.