Sheriff's Deputy VS. Municipal Police Officers

[acreature]

Smarter too.:D

Better looking also ;)

[fairclothdi]

Since I used to be a Deputy I am partial.. I don't know about Texas, but here in NC, the Sheriff's Office is the "****" .... Or the Head Law Enforcement Official in the County, or I think they also call him the Chief LEO ...

County wide jurisdiction, to include inside the city limits, and statewide arrest authority for any crime committed in their presence...

Also when I was a SD, we were MUCH better equiped than the city departments in our county

[Cat_Doc]

I don't know about Texas, but here in NC, the Sheriff's Office is the "****" .... Or the Head Law Enforcement Official in the County, or I think they also call him the Chief LEO ...

County wide jurisdiction, to include inside the city limits, and statewide arrest authority

Same here.

Chief Law Enforcement Official in the county. Run the jail, serve civil, conduct civil forfeitures, my S.O. hosts the narcotics task force, the multi-agency SWAT, provides law enforcement assistance to smaller city agencies, and enforces any and all criminal and traffic offenses, statewide. I should mention that in Arizona, any sworn Peace Officer can enforce statewide.

(Most Sheriff's tend to leave the cities to themselves, unless help is requested. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the exception, in pursuit of publicity, and pisses Phoenix P.D. off, all the time. Sorry, Joe, but you know it’s true. ;))

No ollie-ollie home free for making it out of city or county boundaries. We also have a MOU with California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico to chase and arrest while in Hot Pursuit.

Arizona Sheriff's still have the authority to form Posses, also. I think that is kinda cool 1880's stuff. We have a rather large Posse, made up of volunteers, who are put through a limited academy. They cannot enforce any laws unless they are in the presence of a deputy, but while in their presence, can do anything a sworn officer can. While solo, they can secure crime scenes, direct traffic, transport prisoners, etc. Cities do not have that authority