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In the United States, a sheriff is generally, but not always, the highest law enforcement officer of a county/parish. A sheriff is in most cases elected by the population of the county/parish. The Office of Sheriff is not simply another department of county government. The internal operation of an Office of Sheriff is the sole responsibility of the elected Sheriff. County department heads are subordinate to a county governing body, because a department is truly only a division of county government. The Office of Sheriff is a statutory/constitutional office having exclusive powers and authority under state law and/or state constitution. These inherent powers are not subject to the dictates of a local county governing body. The Office of Sheriff has inherent common law powers and sovereignty granted under a states constitution and/or state law. It is different from a county department which derives its limited authority from whatever is delegated to is by statute or by state constitution. Three states that do not have Sheriffs Offices: - Alaska. No county governments. - Connecticut. Sheriffs have been replaced with a State Marshal System. - Hawaii. There are no Sheriffs in Hawaii but Deputy Sheriffs serve in the Sheriffs Division of the Hawaii Department of Public Safety. As of January 2012, there were 3,080 county sheriffs in the United States.
Posted on: Fri, 15 Aug 2014 01:41:18 +0000

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