sheriff department
Local police agency
A sheriff department, more properly *sheriff's department*, is the law enforcement agency headed by a county sheriff.
Unlike city police departments, sheriff's departments typically have jurisdiction over unincorporated areas and operate county jails.
The sheriff department responded to the call on the rural highway.
The possessive form is standard in official usage.
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- patrolRegular surveillance route
- traffic stopPolice halting a motorist
- jailDetention facility
county · county line · cruiser · dispatch · warrant · most wanted · arrest · uniform · squad car · siren · custody · investigation · crime scene · police report · precinct · handcuffs · 911 · squad
- Douglas CountyCastle Rock, Parker, Larkspur, county seat, commissioners
- rural countiescounty seat, county courthouse, courthouse, county clerk, county roads
- CountiesCork, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo
- rural Midwestcornfields, grain elevators, farms, family farms, silos
- New HampshireConcord, Manchester, Portsmouth, Nashua, Dover
sheriff departmentFBI
U.S. domestic intelligence agency
DEA · ATF · state police · Homeland Security · highway patrol
sheriff departmentcourt system
Network of tribunals
judiciary · prosecutor's office · grand jury · parole board · corrections department
sheriff departmentcriminal organization
Coordinated unlawful group
crime syndicate · organized crime · outlaw gang · mafia · cartel