Captain Troy Olmstead assigned to Shoreline Police

Captain Troy Olmstead
Shoreline Police

Troy Olmstead was promoted to Captain August 1 and assigned to the City of Shoreline, replacing Captain Scott Strathy who recently retired. Troy was previously a sergeant in the City of SeaTac.

He has 28 years of law enforcement experience. Prior to law enforcement he spent five years in the Air Force.

Troy graduated from Mountlake Terrace High School; his mother and grandmother were longtime residents of Shoreline, living in the Echo Lake and Richmond Beach areas.

Troy started as a deputy with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Arizona, where he was a training officer, DARE Instructor and community relations officer. Troy came to KCSO in 1997 and was assigned as a deputy to the North Precinct. He has spent time as a sergeant at the Southeast Precinct, Metro and a detective sergeant in Metro.

Troy was also assigned as a sergeant in the Internal Investigations Unit doing follow up investigations.

Troy is married and he and his wife have raised four children. His oldest son is a detective with the King County Sheriff’s Office.