sheriff office
County law building
A sheriff office, more commonly called a sheriff's office, is the law enforcement agency headed by a county sheriff.
It handles police duties, operates the county jail, and serves court papers within its jurisdiction.
The sheriff office responded to the rural disturbance.
The form without the possessive appears in casual speech and some regional dialects.
- deputyAuthorized substitute or assistant
- badgeWorn symbol of membership
- jailDetention facility
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- press conferenceOrganized media Q&A
warrant · search warrant · patrol · 911 call · dispatch · custody · handcuffs · wanted · posse · holding cell · county jail · arrest · cruiser · siren · dispatcher · inmate · most wanted · crime
- Grady Countycounty seat, courthouse, school district, rural communities, oil fields
- frontier towngeneral store, saloon, livery stable, hitching post, jail
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, cop, beat cops
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, marshal, marshals
- CountiesCork, Dublin, Kerry, Galway, Mayo
- mining townsaloon, general store, mine shaft, gold pan, prospector
sheriff officefederal law enforcement
National-level police agencies
FBI · DEA · ATF · state police · Interpol
sheriff officecriminal organization
Coordinated unlawful group
mafia · cartel · gang · outlaw gang · criminal enterprise
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