James was born in Goshen, IN and raised for most of his life in Millersburg, IN. He graduated from Fairfield High School in 2006 and moved to Nappanee shortly after. There, he met his beautiful wife, Amanda. James and Amanda have two wonderful children, Kyla and Benson. James was hired as a Reserve Officer for the Nappanee Police Department in 2009, then hired on full-time by the Nappanee Police Department in 2011. James was named the Nappanee Police Department’s “Officer of the Year” in 2013. He studied Criminal Justice at Indiana Tech for three years.