I began learning more about Sheriffs and Constables. Our county has one elected Sheriff and five elected Constables in five respective precincts. (Other agencies are State Troopers, DPS, Fire, EMS, and Justices of the Peace (JPs). Precinct 1 covers Lake Conroe, Mental Health, Canine, School...
For example, even when capital punishment was common and expected during the 19th century, Randolph County sheriffs refused to execute convicted prisoners here, sending them instead to adjoining counties. Randolph is also the only county in central North Carolina where there is no recorded example ...
Democrats seem to be laying low at the Broward protests, though they've been flying their own operatives in by the dozens daily. They're relying on local sheriffs to keep order, Democrats said. Deutsch said Democrats were "using the rule of law in the United States of America to try and...
The number includes tribal police but does not include sheriffs' offices, which are typically run by counties or other state subdivisions rather than local governments. The average number of full-time sworn officers per 1,000 residents decreased by 11% between 1997 and 2016, dropping from 2.42 ...
The Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates that in 2016 there weremore than 12,000 police departments in operationthroughout the United States. The number includes tribal police but does not include sheriffs' offices, which are typically run by counties or other state subdivisions rather than local...
In the Wild West, when outlaws like Jesse James and Butch Cassidy roamed the land, local sheriffs didn't have the resources to track them down alone. So they put up "Wanted" posters offering huge rewards for their capture (Jesse James was worth $5,000 -- big, big money at the time)...
Do you know why? Because there are very few people in this world who will and/or can. If you are a police officer you understand it's a thankless job but I love it and I always will. Now I challenge whoever made this list: go to your local sheriffs department or police department ...
The mailman, the security guards, the FedEx lady, the bus drivers, the receptionists, the mailroom clerks, the court clerks, the copy center dudes, the coffee shop girl, the King County Sheriffs, the US Marshalls, the mom & pop moms and pops and even a few cops. You know you’ve ...
If i am arrested for underage drinking and using bad words against a police officer and i am under 18. Can someone from the sheriffs office ... Notice i said sheriffs ... Go see someone other then my mom or dad and tell them about what had happened with me and what ever i did w...
The sheriffs are said to have attempted to intercede in some of the fighting, but there were, according to our source, more Angels than they were prepared to handle. So the lawmen backed off. A number of sheriffs officers are beginning to confide that they feel the department is somehow a...