Thurston County

Founded: December 22, 1852

Thurston County Sheriff's Office 2000 Lakeridge Drive SW Olympia, WA 98502 Phone: 360.786.5500 Web Site Send Email

Sheriff Dan Kimball

Sheriff Dan Kimball has been affiliated with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office since 1983, when he joined as a reserve deputy.  A native of Port Townsend and a graduate of Washington State University, he joined the office as a full-time deputy in 1985.  Sheriff Kimball has worked as a detective, a sergeant, a lieutenant, a captain and a chief deputy, prior to being elected to Sheriff, beginning January 1, 2007. 

During his career, Sheriff Kimball has been involved in many community-wide partnerships to improve service to the public.  Some examples are having served as an executive board member of the Vulnerable Adult Task Force, an executive board member of the Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Task Force, a member of the AMBER Alert Web Portal Project, a member of the team that helped to create and implement the county-wide domestic violence investigative protocols, as well as numerous other collaborative projects.  Sheriff Kimball is also a board member for Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Thurston County, the Boys and Girls Club of Thurston County, the Drug Court Community Foundation Support Board and the Key Leader Council for TOGETHER!   He is a past member of the Olympia Junior League Citizens Advisory Council, as well as the West Olympia Rotary. 

Professionally Sheriff Kimball is a member of the Washington Association of Sheriffs & Police Chiefs (WASPC), the Washington Sheriffs Association, the Western United States Sheriffs Association, the National Sheriff’s Association and the Washington – Oregon Lawman’s Association.  He also serves as the co-chair of the WASPC Legislative Committee and is a member of the WASPC AMBER Alert committee. 

Collaborative efforts and a commitment to continued improvement in the quality of service provided to the public are of primary importance to Sheriff Kimball. He is a firm believer in the need for governmental agencies to partner with the community in an effort to make those agencies truly reflective of people they are sworn to serve.  Sheriff Kimball is a strong supporter of the agency vision statement of “Creating a Safer Community Together.”  He believes that our community changes for the better when we work as partners towards common goals. 

When not at work, Sheriff Kimball enjoys spending time with his wife Vicki, their five adult children and six grandchildren.  He is also an avid reader of history and a regular runner.
 

Thurston County is named after Samuel R. Thurston, the Oregon Territory's first delegate to Congress. The 2007 estimated population was 238,000. The county seat is at Olympia, the state capital and also the county's largest city.

Thurston County was created out of Lewis County by the government of Oregon Territory on January 12, 1852. At that time, it covered all of the Puget Sound region and the Olympic Peninsula. On December 22 of the same year, Pierce, King, Island, and Jefferson Counties were split off from Thurston County.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 774 square miles, of which, 727 square miles of it is land and 47 square miles of it (6.03%) is water. The population density is 285 per square mile.

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