From Minnesota to Maine, Ohio to Texas, small towns unable to fill jobs are eliminating their police departments and turning over police work to their county sheriff, a neighboring town or state police.
The part about sheriffs scares me as someone not well-versed in American affairs because I read previously that some sheriffs don’t believe that federal laws should apply to them and that could be good, I guess? But could also be really bad.
Sherrifs straddle the line between law enforcement and politician, and their positions often have questionable accountability protocols.
However they are 100% subject to local, state, and federal laws if investigated and charged by any of those bodies.
If the state and feds are also corrupt locals?
Then you get scum like Joe Arpiao.
