Jimmy Meeks has been a police officer for 33 years and a minister for over 40. He has served as a Hostage Negotiator, School Resource Officer, Detective, and Crime Prevention Officer. In May of 2009 he began to host church safety seminars, and since then he has conducted almost 100 such seminars across the United States. He and his wife were married at the First Baptist Church in Daingerfield, Texas, the sight of the 1980 first church massacre, wherein 15 worshipers were shot - 5 killed. Jimmy served as a production assistant in the award-winning docudrama about the Dangerfield, Texas shooting: Faith Under Fire. In his seminars Jimmy has attempted to make churches aware of the ever growing problem of violence at churches and faith based property. He and his wife of 36 years, Julie, have 5 daughters and one son.