T he political affiliation of elected sheriffs in the United States does not appear to influence the local incidence of extremist violence, according to a new study published in Political Research ...

Despite decades of efforts to reform policing in the United States and the massive anti-brutality demonstrations of 2020, police officers continue to avoid prosecution for murder charges and ...

Journalist and legal scholar Jessica Pishko discusses the rise of far-right sheriffs in the US and argues that the office of ...

CARTER: Well, sheriffs are unique in that they are, as you noted, elected across most states in the United States, so 46 states elect their sheriffs. They're county-level offices, ...

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans, states often make the choice for them. States are telling sheriffs whether they can — or can’t ...

Constitutional Sheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to God. They’ve spent the last six months preparing to stop a “stolen” election—by any means necessary.

They learn about Jewish laws and customs governing the treatment of human remains.The post 100 sheriffs from 30 states attend ZAKA training session in Florida appeared first on JNS.org.

Adapted from The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States by Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, which will be published in September by the University of Chicago Press.

United States, and the court ruled 5-4 in favor of the main plaintiff, a Montana sheriff named Jay Printz. The majority opinion was written by Justice Antonin Scalia.

Local sheriffs are on the front lines in deciding whether to participate in the Trump administration’s mass deportation plans. But states increasingly are making the choice for them. More and ...