As I heard it, the Sheriff is the elected official in charge of law enforcement within any county. This person is responsible for keeping peace and pursuing any criminal activity. (The duties of the Sheriff in my county seem mostly to be constrained to the county jail facilities and to the court protection duties.)
The police in America, starting with Boston in the mid 1800s, maybe, were formed by city governments, possibly to handle city issues, not specifically to do the work already done by the Sheriff.
The main thing then is that a city could disband its police department. The county then could increase the number of Sheriff deputies in order to do the same work. So, apart from cities with corrupt police departments, is there anything that is particularly changed by disbanding a city's police department?
The police in America, starting with Boston in the mid 1800s, maybe, were formed by city governments, possibly to handle city issues, not specifically to do the work already done by the Sheriff.
The main thing then is that a city could disband its police department. The county then could increase the number of Sheriff deputies in order to do the same work. So, apart from cities with corrupt police departments, is there anything that is particularly changed by disbanding a city's police department?
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