About Jesse Anderson

He has served in a wide array of assignments and has continuously built on his career experience within KCSO. Jesse began his career at the Southwest Precinct in Burien. He has held several operational, investigative and administrative assignments as deputy, detective, sergeant and captain throughout his career until returning to the Southwest Precinct to serve as the Commander. Jesse later promoted to Chief and was assigned to lead the Patrol Operations Division until accepting his current position as the Undersheriff.

Jesse has dedicated his career to providing high quality and professional law enforcement services to the residents of unincorporated King County and the contract cities in which he has served. He has long term, well established working relationships within KCSO and with Sheriff’s Office contract partners. During his tenure as the head of the Contracting Unit, Jesse worked with contract partners to problem solve and meet their contract needs. His firsthand experience with contracting includes assignments in the City of Burien Community Policing Unit, Burien Street Crimes Unit, serving as a City of Sammamish patrol sergeant and Acting Chief of Police, and as a captain for the Metro Transit Police.

Jesse spent almost a third of his career in the Major Crimes Unit where he was responsible for the investigation and supervision of homicides, suspicious deaths, felony assaults, robberies, officer involved shootings, animal abuse, kidnapping, missing persons, and juvenile runaway investigations.

Jesse enjoys engaging with all members of our King County communities and has an established reputation as a trusted leader with the highest standards of integrity. Building police/community trust and implementing progressive policing opportunities are two of his top priorities. Jesse is committed to fair, consistent, and equitable treatment as a leader in the Sheriff’s Office.

In addition to having a bachelor’s degree and many supervisory & management training classes, Jesse’s law enforcement education includes graduating from the FBI National Academy and the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety, School of Police Staff & Command.

In his downtime, Jesse enjoys spending time with family, mountain biking, hiking, and traveling.