06-11-2023 Capital Style - Flipbook - Page 8
3 THINGS
BY ABIGAIL GRUSKIN Capital Style
Everett Sesker
Anne Arundel County sheriff
PHOTO BY KIM HAIRSTON
When Everett Sesker was sworn in as Anne
Arundel County’s 121st sheriff in December, after a race that concluded with multiple rounds
of ballot counting, he made history.
“It didn’t really hit me until after I won,” said
Sesker, 55, an Edgewater native who attended
South River High School. “I did not run to
become the first Black sheriff of Anne Arundel
County … I was running on the platform that
we have some issues that need to be dealt with
in our community and I’m the one that’s going
to do it.”
He brings 22 years of experience at the
Prince George’s County Police Department to
the job. In his new role running the “law enforcement arm for the courts,” Sesker said, he
intends to increase community education and
outreach to set those who have been involved
in the criminal justice system on a different
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path. “We need to give them a real chance, a
real opportunity to reintegrate with society,”
he said.
Here are three things you might not know
about Sesker:
He’s a car enthusiast.
“I like older vehicles. I am all things that got
wheels on [them], basically. My father, that was
his thing — he worked on cars. I didn’t pick up
his skill that he had to do that, but I still love
vehicles.
“I go to car shows. I do have a couple
vehicles … that I’m working on right now. I
have a license for just about everything, from
tractor-trailers to motorcycles.”
His faith guides his approach to life.
“I’m a practicing Christian and I try to live
by His word, but sometimes I do fall short.
That makes me try even harder.
“That is my foundation. It helps keep me
grounded and it reminds me that my achievements, my accomplishments or anything that
I have did not come without His authority, His
blessing.”
He grew up on the basketball court.
“I played basketball from when I was 8
years old. I played college ball [at Winthrop
University in South Carolina] and then when I
got out, I played a couple years on the Prince
George’s County police basketball team.
“After a couple of years, I said, ‘It’s time.’ So
I haven’t played in years. I coached my oldest
daughter; my youngest daughter said, ‘Daddy,
please don’t coach my team.’ They think I’m
too hard.”
