Jim Goodlow's life story was rather uneventful up to his first big encounter with the police.  He found a bag of cocaine when he was thirteen and wanted to get rid of it, but was afraid of what the cops would think of a kid with a dimebag.  Up to this point all he heard about cops is the overbearing kind who'll tackle him to the ground and demand that he'd be respected while screaming at full lung.

Imagine his surprise when the cops actually commended him for taking some drugs off the street.  In fact, they even show him around the precinct and even let him do ride-alongs.  This positive experience with the police is where Jim decides that he would be a cop as an adult.

His formal education is in a college with a Law Enforcement education program, which he calls his ‘Academy.'  He majored in investigations and forensics, making him a more competent version of Columbo.  He can walk a beat all right, and could even be in a car chase, but there are lots more physical cops out there that can tackle down a pursued criminal.  But he's perfect for keeping tabs on skateboarding kids.  "Calling me a dude?  Come on, I'm on duty. <smiles>" As long as you're not doing drugs or molesting a kid, Officer Jim Goodlow would be one of those ‘Cool' cops teens won't mind tooling around.

Jim's extended family includes Sargent Corylow; an uncle from his father's side and the one who knows the most about Jim's exposure to the cops.  He's the one who suggested Jim to go to Kissime when he moved out of the nest.  Both of them hoped that Corylow would have a position ready for him by the time he finally settles in.  However, things didn't go exactly as planned.

If there were any signals he gave people about whatever or not he was gay, he didn't know about it.  In fact, he wasn't even aware of his orientation until his late teenaged years, when he discovered it himself.  His family seemed to figure it out long before Jim realized it himself, but they're grateful over Jim's non-flamboyant attitude over his decision.  To Jim, being gay isn't something he'll wear on his sleeve; in every other area in life, he considers himself to be as ‘quote-normal-unquote' as straight people.  He doesn't show it to the public, not because of homophobia, which he doesn't see more than 1-2 times a year, but because he hears more of people nearly bending over backwards for him.  He considers his lifestyle a private matter, and keeps it that way.

And most of his livestyle's trappings are kept in the private area.  The most he'll show is his dress style and grooming habits, otherwise known as ‘The Queer Eye Effect.'  He's not even much into the erotic sex, but rather prefers to be treated like a wife from Toni.  At the kinkiest, he'll cosplay.