“Depends on your state.”
I don’t know what that means.
For example, In Ohio, the Coroner is head of all LE in the county. The Sheriff is second, the town cops are third and the Highway Patrol is...relegated to the Highways. In PA the AG is #1, the PSP (Police, Not Highway Patrol) is #2, the town cops are #3 and the Sheriff is told to control the jail and the Constables can only serve warrants and run prisoners back and forth to jail/court. It was ONLY in the last five or six years that a Sheriff could write misdemeanor tickets for speeding. Other than that, a deputy or the Sheriff himself could only break up a crime the same as any citizen.