Tremble changes uniforms

Randy Tremble has spent most of his life in uniform.

Tremble is now wearing a new uniform. He has gone from cop to cook.

“I’ve been in uniform for 28 years so it was time for a change,” Tremble said. “I’m not leaving police work, I’m must retiring out of full time. I had an opportunity and I jumped on it.”

The 52-year-old worked as Bonners Ferry Police Department’s drug task force officer from 2005 until recently taking the job as the Boundary County School District Food Service Director. He replaces Gail Reoch.

“I really enjoy it very much,” Tremble said. “It’s mostly the people I work with. There is a lot more to it then just slinging hash.”

Tremble joined the military when he was 19, where he was an infantry officer in the U.S. Army and later served as a platoon leader and worked in the kitchen.

“That was the best assignment I had in the military,” Tremble said. “It was a good job.”

While serving in the military, he got his degree in business management. He then started working as a patrolman for Blaine County Sheriff’s Department, where he was employed from 1990 to 2001. Tremble then worked as a marshall in Belleville from 2001 to 2005.

He moved to Boundary County in 2005 with his wife, Laurie, and children Keaton,14, and Jake, 11. Shortly after Tremble started working for the police department.

When he heard about the job in the school district, Tremble applied and was hired.

“This job is something that I feel is within my training,” he said. “I’m looking forward to working with children in food science.”

Tremble’s job includes purchasing the food for the district’s seven schools, budgeting and scheduling and preparing meals based on a nutritional plan.

“They put out a phenomenal product,” he said about his workers. “Every single kitchen manager is unique, and it would just blow you away with how much they know about nutrition.”

Tremble will still serve as a reserve police officer and a volunteer firefighter for the city.

“You always need to have fun with whatever you do and bring your knowledge into it so you can get the best out of it,” he said.