[AU72]

The Sherrif is an institution going back to Saxon Britain that provided local autonomy and a check on a rapacious Monarch.

[Victor]

What is the relationship between Sherrif and the local PDs..??

Is one subservient to the other, does one agency have more jurisdiction?

[muawiyah]

Schultheiß in Germany (which would include Soltis and Soltys in Slavic lands), and there's a reference that says the name Patel in India has the same origin ~ although that varies by language.

郡治安官 will suffice, as well as bailiff, constable, etc.

A sheriff is second only to the local governing council or official ~ think of him as an officer of the court(s) ~ and for the last 5,000 to 8,000 years we have had courts all over the place.