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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
Because, in the States, a Sheriff('s Deputy) and a Police Officer are two very different job descriptions...and where you have a Police Department in a city, the Sheriff Dept of that city (if there is one) basically IS a glorified security guard detachment.
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Outside of a few very large metro areas where cities encompass all of the county, sheriffs are responsible for the rural areas. In every area I have lived there have been fully functional sheriff's with expansive budgets, officers that are equal to any city force, and anything else you would expect.
I have lived in 3 totally different geographical areas (Illinois, South Carolina, and Oklahoma) in cities of varying sizes. (from 30k up to 1m) So I am going to need some examples of these glorified sheriffs departments you speak of.