James S. Prine

James Sullivan Prine grew up in Chalmette, Louisiana and St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army, Prine entered law enforcement as a Deputy Sheriff-EMT in 1975 with the St. Bernard Sheriff's Office. Since then, Prine has served with Federal, State, Parish (county) and municipal law enforcement agencies, in a variety of assignments, including Special Agent, Detective, Shift Supervisor, Unit Training Officer, Narcotics Dog Handler, and Field Training Officer. Prine's last assignment with the New Orleans Police Department was in the Crime Scene Unit.

Licensed as a Private Pilot and amateur radio operator, Prine is also a parachutist, a Master SCUBA diver, a CPR Instructor, a Registered Emergency Medical Technician, and an award-winning photographer. James Prine makes his home in the metropolitan New Orleans area and retired from law enforcement in 2010.