Kimmons Gray was born in the town of Wynne AR in 1964, and then moved to Desoto Co, Miss, when he was three with his parents. At the age of ten, they moved to Okla. where his mother was a high school teacher. Kimmons was an athlete, in high school. His love for football led him to Oklahoma State University where Coach Jimmy Johnson had him playing center for the cowboys.  After leaving college where he had studied criminal justice, he joined the Army and became an infantryman in the 11-H battalion. He  later reenlisted and became a crew chief on a Blackhawk helicopter. 

After completing his military adventure, Kimmons went back to Mississippi and started his career in Law Enforcement. During his time on the job, Kimmons worked in many areas of law enforcement but soon found his niche in DUI enforcement where he ran a DUI unit for about 12 years. Kimmons later became a SFST Instructor and then a Master Instructor, teaching all over the state. Kimmons also worked as the police academies teaching SFST (Standardized Field Sobriety), DAR (Drug abuse recognition) and Professional traffic stops.  He believes that Officers need a support mechanism in place to protect them  With this in mind, he joined the PBA in 1992 and set out to make life better for Law Enforcement Officers all over the state. Kimmons was elected President of  the North MS Chapter of the PBA in the late 90’s  and held that post until 2004. He  proudly served as the Vice President of the MS State Division Chapter, which gave him an opportunity to get involved in  state political action on behalf of MS Law Enforcement Officers.

After making the decision this year to bring his law enforcement career to a close, he was hired to work for the PBA full time as a staff representative.  He has the opportunity to help more officers now than he ever could before while working on the streets.

Kimmons Gray is the father of five wonderful children, ranging from age 14 to 3 year’s old. His wife is a Registered Nurse and is working in the nursery at their local Hospital taking care of the newborn baby’s.  He still trains Officers around the state when he has the time and works part time at a local Police Department, which gives him a great opportunity to recruit new members into the PBA. If you ask him how he is doing, he will probably tell you “great, I’m truly blessed”.  

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