Jeffrey graduated from the University of Alabama in 1985 with a degree in Criminal Justice. He continued to serve and protect as a police officer and hostage negotiator in Louisiana and Washington state for over twenty years. He has been awarded several commendations throughout his career, including a Purple Heart. Jeffrey survived a bullet wound to the chest when he was protecting the city of New Orleans. He was one of the seven strategists in the movie Zipper and a prisoner in the movie Get Hard. Jeffrey played an admiral in NCIS: New Orleans.

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