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Smithtown Grad Gives A NYPD Proposal

Tom Harper proposes to Sachem graduate Kristina Marcic at his NYPD graduation on Jan. 3.

A Smithtown High School graduate took the opportunity to use his right of passage into NYPD's brotherhood to bring his girlfriend into the family. 

Tom Harper, 26 of Nesconset, proposed to his girlfriend, Kristina Marcic, a 26-year-old Sachem High School graduate, on Friday after graduating from New York Police Department's policy academy on Friday. 

Youtube video that captured the proposal shows Harper slowly coaxing Marcic into the center of the academy graduates, his new brothers in arms, before getting down on one knee and presenting a ring. Marcic, with one hand to her mouth, accepts in shock before the newly engaged couple receives a full round of applause. 

Harper and Marcic first met while taking classes at Suffolk Community College, before both transferred to Adelphi University. The couple has been dating for 9 years. 



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