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James Graham, age 35 is a Sergeant-Detective with Boston Police Department working out of District C6 in South Boston. Jimmy Graham joined the BPD after a four-year stint in the US Navy. He served as Boatswain's Mate aboard the USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53), an Arleigh Burke class guided missile destroyer, leaving the military in 2005 as a Petty Officer Second Class. On 7 October 2001, John Paul Jones launched the first Tomahawk missiles into Afghanistan as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. This was Jimmy's one and only deployment away from American waters during his time in the Navy. 

In 2005, at the age of 22, Jimmy Graham hired on with the Boston Police Department as a patrolman. His father was still working in BPD Headquarters at the time. Jimmy worked in more than a few precincts, returning to South Boston (C6) in in 2015 as a Detective Sergeant. He has investigated a variety of crimes including vice, narcotics, guns and gangs, auto theft, larcenies and several homicide investigations.

Jimmy grew up in Dedham just south of Boston along Route 1. His father was a 35-year veteran police officer in Boston. It was a foregone conclusion that Jimmy would follow in his old man's footsteps and join BPD. He did.

Detective Graham enjoyed the flavor of a fine tobacco for many years. He smoked cigarettes from age 15 until age 30. Even in the Navy, he smoked. This addiction caused some health issues including a chronic cough, high blood pressure, and an undiagnosed case of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). COPD makes it hard to breathe, causing the chronic cough, wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and other symptoms. Jimmy's father died when he was 58 from Lung Cancer. The father never had a chance to collect a pension. He was still working the job. Jimmy's mother collects his father's pension. After his death, Jimmy finally woke up and stopped smoking. Although, it might be too late for him.

Detective Jimmy Graham married Diane (Savoy) when he was 26 years old. His father was alive to see his son married and to see his grandson, Leo born a year later. Diane worked as a nurse at Massachusetts General Hospital before she was pregnant. The young couple used day care to help raise their son, relying on both incomes to get them by. When Jimmy was 30, Diane had a second child, a daughter, Adelaide who was born with Cerebral Palsy and confined to a wheel chair the rest of her life. The couple were reluctant to try to get pregnant again but did so when Jimmy was 34 years old. Diane again gave birth to a healthy girl this time named Charlene. In 2018, Leo is 8, Adelaide is 5 and Charlene is 1 year old.

Although Jimmy is devoted to his family, he feels it is important for him to do the best job possible at work in order to provide a decent income for his family. The fact that his wife earns a higher income in the hospital is a reality he does not want to face. He ignores this issue. He and his wife have had several arguments about his health problems. Jimmy denies they exist and does not believe he has a problem. He refuses to see a doctor about the cough and shortness of breath. It may kill him one day.
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