So "The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States," a new book by political scientists Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, is long overdue. It begins with a historical ...

The president-elect plans to give county authorities more power in deportation matters—with rewards for jurisdictions that ...

After the mayor of Denver said local police might be used to stop federal forces from deporting migrants, Trump border czar ...

YAKIMA, Wash. - The Yakima County Sheriff's Office says they have had a 50 percent decrease in homicide deaths this year, but ...

Organizations on the advisory board of Project 2025, a sprawling plan to provide the incoming Republican presidential ...

The new law means sheriffs in all 100 counties in North Carolina will have to cooperate with federal immigration authorities ...

The union that represents deputies, assistant sheriffs and other law enforcement personnel under the San Mateo County Sheriff ...

including in key swing states. Many of these so-called constitutional sheriffs have also used right-wing media appearances to spread the movement’s talking points, claiming that the country’s ...

But what legal authority do sheriffs actually have in elections? Although some have teamed up with election denial groups like True the Vote, their legal role is limited. According to a recent fact ...

Delaware sheriffs, as most residents suspected all along, do not have the power to arrest suspects and investigate crimes. The state Supreme Court handed down that decision Monday. The ruling ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 28.--United States District Attorney Carey has received a telegram from the Sheriff of Mendocino County informing him that he was gathering a posse to capture Capt. Shaw ...