Most Sheriffs are Elected. We need to be sure to get good CONSERVATIVE Ones. They also are the SUPREME LEO even over the fedscum.
In Texas a Game Warden has equal Jurisdiction as the Sheriff PLUS a Game Warden can go ANYWHERE including House’s w/o a Search Warrant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheriffs_in_the_United_States
Yeah there’s corruption like charlotte-mecklenburg is just south of here. One of those sanctuary city and the sheriff is a POS.
In the United States, a sheriff is an official in a county or independent city responsible for keeping the peace and enforcing the law. Unlike most officials in law enforcement in the &? States, sheriffs are usually elected, although some states have laws requiring certain law enforcement (continued at above).
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https://www.sheriffs.org/sites/default/files/tb/Office_of_Sheriff_State-by-State_Election_Chart.pdf
Yup.
For better or worse, many if not most, voters base their decisions on name recognition.
The aspiring cop who wants to be the muscle of the local government is groomed by being the face of the department in pressers and community outreach programs, he or she is the grim faced one assuring the sheep that they will catch the kidnapper, the smiling face on the local TV station when the little girl is rescued.
Why him/her? Often it's as simple as Da Mayor wants a photogenic face on a pliable person standing next to them when big announcements are made.
It doesn't take long for TV producers who care nothing for brains, honesty or determination, but only for who looks good on their screens to cultivate this person as a guest, I mean obviously they were standing next to Da Mayor, and must knows more than is publicly released, right? right?
That's the name Starvebux baristas and their customers remember when they close the curtain at the voting booth.
The familiar name in a sea of names they didn't bother to learn and never really saw until that moment. [√]