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    In the United States, a sheriff is the chief of law enforcement of a county. Sheriffs are usually either elected by the populace or appointed by an elected...
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  • The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) is a political organization of local police officials in the United States who contend...
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  • chief. In contrast, sheriffs in the United States are usually elected officials, one in each county, who head the sheriff's department (or sheriff's office)...
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  • County police, often called county sheriffs in the United States, are police forces existing primarily in the United States that possess primary jurisdiction...
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  • from sheriffs of cities and boroughs designated counties corporate. The office is now an unpaid privilege with ceremonial duties, the sheriffs being...
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    The United States of America is a federal republic consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States)...
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  • duties and authority as the sheriff. Sheriffs and constables are the only two elected peace officers in the State of Arizona. The authority of constables...
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    section 8, Sheriffs Act 1887 (as passed) section 8, Sheriffs Act 1887 (as amended) Kopel, David B. "The Posse Comitatus And The Office Of Sheriff: Armed Citizens...
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  • Sheriffs' Institute (NSI) trains new sheriffs. The 2019-20 President of the Association is Sheriff Daron Hall, of the Davidson County (TN) Sheriff's Office...
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    The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States. Since the late 1850s, its main political rival has been...
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  • for the effective running and administration of all the sheriff courts in their jurisdiction. Sheriffs principal also sit as appeal sheriffs in the Sheriff...
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    jurisdiction in their respective county-boroughs. Like most sheriffs in the United States, these office holders were elected to their positions. Once the city...
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    Sheriff's Department Sheriffs of Los Angeles County Sven Crongeyer, 2006, Six Gun Sound : The Early History of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Linden...
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    agencies in the United States which include local police departments, county sheriff's offices, state troopers, and federal law enforcement agencies. The law...
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    The term "United States," when used in the geographical sense, refers to the contiguous United States (sometimes referred to as the Lower 48, including...
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    Pornography has existed since the origins of the United States, and has become more readily accessible in the 21st century. Advanced by technological...
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  • The following is a list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of New York. For chronological tables of members of both...
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  • is a list of Sheriffs of Daviess County, Kentucky. The Sheriff is elected to serve a four-year term. The current Daviess County Sheriff is Bradley R....
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    The United States does not have an official language at the federal level, but the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English)...
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  • recorded in the United States since its founding and has fluctuated significantly over time. Most available data underestimate crime before the 1930s (due...
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    In the United States, public holidays are set by federal, state, and local governments and are often observed by closing government offices or giving government...
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    In the United States, education is provided in public and private schools and by individuals through homeschooling. State governments set overall educational...
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    Sports in the United States are an important part of the nation's culture. Historically, the national sport has been baseball. However, in more recent...
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    The Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest or the American Midwest, is one of four census regions of the United States Census Bureau...
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  • The United States has both widespread and diverse religious belief, with higher levels of professed belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...
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    the right of women to vote, was established in the United States over the course of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, first in various states and...
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  • primarily for one hit song in the United States, who are regarded as one-hit wonders by at least two sources in media even though the artist may have had multiple...
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    The Prohibition era was the period from 1920 to 1933 when the United States prohibited the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic...
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    to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States...
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    in the United States are among the most advanced in the world, with public opinion and jurisprudence changing significantly since the late 1980s. In 1962...
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