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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Haven't dealt with a sheriff yet, but I would imagine they are like municipal bylaw officers: they wish they were real cops, but aren't, and will take it out on you. They are basically paid to write tickets.
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??? Wish they were real cops? I can't believe the distain for law enforcement on this site. Do you realize that sheriffs deal with prisoner transportation, court security, and highway enforcement in which they are armed. They are not some bylaw parking ticket person.
The Sheriffs that are providing highway enforcement really are paid to write tickets. So what. Someone has to do it. It allows the RCMP to devote more resources on criminal activity. Do you realize that there is a whole department in every major city devoted to traffic enforcement? Are these police officer a lesser breed because all they do is traffic enforcement? Do you forget that besides health related deaths, traffic fatilities are one of the highest areas of preventable deaths.
Traffic enforcement is not something to be taken lightly.