Assistant Sheriff Jack Anderson
Orange County Sheriff’s Department
Press Release Biography
Assistant Sheriff Jack Anderson, 47, is a law enforcement professional with
twenty-four years of experience including a twenty-one year veteran of the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, and represents the department as the Sheriff’s Operations Commander, with police services responsibility for:
• All patrol functions serving twelve (12) contract cities and the county’s unincorporated areas which combined services over 750,000 residents, this is a population that is greater than twice the size of the largest city in the county.
1. Aliso Viejo
2. Dana Point
3. Lake Forest
4. Laguna Hills
5. Laguna Niguel
6. Laguna Woods
7. Mission Viejo
8. Rancho Santa
9. San Clemente Margarita
10. San Juan Capistrano
11. Stanton
12. Villa Park
• Three (3) county harbors - patrolling 47 miles of Pacific coastline
• Airport Division (John Wayne Airport and the Sheriff’s helicopters)
• Orange County Transit Authority
• Sheriff’s Transportation/Fleet Bureau
• County Security Bureau
• Specialty Details:
1. SWAT
2. K-9 Unit
3. Mounted Enforcement
4. Hostage Negotiators Team
5. Hazardous Devices “bomb” Team
• Community Services volunteers and Reserve operations
1. Uniformed Patrol
2. Chaplaincy Program
3. Aero Squadron
4. Search & Rescue
5. Bloodhound Team
6. Mounted Unit
7. Harbor Unit
8. Investigations Unit
9. Administrative/Technical Services Units
• Combined, there are over 1,000 personnel assigned to the Sheriff’s Operations Command. Assistant Sheriff Anderson’s other work assignments as a manager in brief have included:
• Captain - Commander of the Sheriff’s South Operations Division, with responsibility for the patrol and investigations functions of ten (10) cities which contract with the Sheriff for police services and the County’s unincorporated areas, servicing a total regional population of 566,000
residents, with 466 employees. Encompassing the entire southern portion of Orange County, the Sheriff's South Operations Division's geographic area of responsibility covers over 370 square miles. The western portion of the patrol area is formed by the Pacific Ocean with eighteen miles of
coastline. The division deploys approximately 140 patrol cars during each twenty-four hour period to provide law enforcement services.
• Lieutenant - Co-Director of the Los Angeles High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area’s (HIDTA) Joint Drug Intelligence Group - a Federal Bureau of Investigation and multi-agency co-located
narcotics intelligence initiative.
• Lieutenant - Professional Standards Division - Overarching accountability of the Human Resources functions, recruiting, employee discipline, Internal Affairs, applicant background investigations, workers compensation, risk management, along with employee relations and
services.
As a Sheriff’s Deputy and Sergeant, Assistant Sheriff Anderson worked in the Sheriff’s Department’s jails, community programs’ drug prevention program, patrol and the Professional Standards Division.
Assistant Sheriff Anderson is also a military veteran, having honorably served in the United State Army Military Police Corps. As a Military Policeman and Investigator his assignments included patrol, criminal
investigations and narcotics with the Army’s Criminal Investigations Division. Assistant Sheriff Anderson’s community involvement includes:
• Served as a Commissioner on the Planning and Transportation Commission for City of Mission Viejo. He was three times appointed for consecutive two-year terms through unanimous consent by the City Council from 1999 to 2005, having served as Vice Chairperson and twice as Chairperson.
• Currently serves as an elected member of the Orange County Republican Central Committee. Elected for three consecutive two-year terms representing the 71st Assembly District. Further serves in the
capacity of the Committee’s Sergeant-at-Arms and as a member of the Committee’s Executive Board.
An abbreviated listing of Assistant Sheriff Anderson’s formal and professional education includes:
• Graduate of the Orange County Leadership Academy – Chapman University
• Police Management Seminar – PMW Associates
• Supervisory Leadership Institute - Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
• Graduate of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center – Criminal Investigations
• Completed numerous Police Management and Administration courses and seminars
• Southern Illinois University at Carbondale – Administration of Justice – Bachelor of Science.
• California State University at Long Beach – Masters of Public Administration – 33 of 36 units completed.
A native of Illinois, after graduating from college he moved to Orange County where he has resided for the past 21 years. Assistant Sheriff Anderson has been married for the past 16 years, he and his wife have a seven year old son and they reside in the City of Mission Viejo, “America’s safest city.” The son of a teaching golf professional, Assistant Sheriff Anderson is an avid golfer with a one-digit handicap.
A highlight of his golfing experiences include his single hole-in-one, on a 342 yard par four hole.
