WTF? Delaware sheriffs and their deputies are not constitutionally instilled with the powers of arrest or law enforcement authority. How does that work? According to the law, if you don't have the authority to arrest, then you don't have the authority to detain a person. The sheriff's department runs most county jails, and his authority to arrest also becomes the authority to detain.
If I had my choice between an unelected cop and an elected sheriff, I'd give the sheriff the arrest powers and not the cop. Cops have mostly become glorified revenue generators and don't serve or protect the citizens. Most Sheriffs do protect and serve.
The Sheriff was supposed to be the highest authority in a county. Strange how that was erased.
WTF? Delaware sheriffs and their deputies are not constitutionally instilled with the powers of arrest or law enforcement authority. How does that work? According to the law, if you don't have the authority to arrest, then you don't have the authority to detain a person. The sheriff's department runs most county jails, and his authority to arrest also becomes the authority to detain.
If I had my choice between an unelected cop and an elected sheriff, I'd give the sheriff the arrest powers and not the cop. Cops have mostly become glorified revenue generators and don't serve or protect the citizens. Most Sheriffs do protect and serve.