[Leisler]

Totally, factually, ignorantly untrue.

We had Sheriffs. Shire...rvees, or county lords.

You had a problem? You had to go before a judge and file a complaint. A complaint against the law of the common people, or common law.

We hand no, zero, zip, nada police.

[familyop]

Leisler wrote:
"We hand no, zero, zip, nada police."

That's true. ...only sheriffs, and deputies were not municipal police disguised as deputies back then. The first police were generally privately hired guards/thugs.