SHERIFFS, DEPUTIES, POSSES, AND MILITIAS
(From: “Shire(County) Reeves(Official)”)
Sheriffs were created to:
– Maintain law and order
– Collect taxes (ouch)
– Presiding over the shire court
– Organize local defenses
Today:
– Sheriffs can appoint deputies full time (if paid and budget permitting).
– Sheriffs can temporarily deputize civilians in emergencies (posse comitatus) – paid or unpaid.
– It’s relatively easy for sheriffs to appoint ‘reserve’ deputies (emergencies) – paid or unpaid.
– And special deputies for specific tasks and time periods – paid or unpaid.
– Sheriffs were originally able to organize a militia for the purpose of civil defense. And certainly in the case of emergencies. It is unfortunate that we have lost this local control to bureaucratic hierarchy.
IMO we must constitutionally standardize the role of sheriffs as more powerful than that of police, as sheriffs (Shire-Reeves) are technically responsible for the people and to the people. In other words, the last linen of defense of the people from political abuses.
Which is why they must be elected.
Now, I’m trying to make a point here. It’s not that I’m unaware of state differences. 😉
Cheers
CD
Source date (UTC): 2024-07-29 13:05:06 UTC
Original post: https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1817908640109510656