From some viewpoints, eliminating the police dept and relying on the Sheriff's dept makes a bit of sense. Sheriff generally being an elected official rather than a political appointee gives the people a bit more say in the dept. I would think that there would still be constables as well to service the various courts, etc. depending on the local setup.Chaparral wrote: ↑Mon Jun 08, 2020 10:23 pm Also, disbanding a city’s police department is not without precedent. When faced with endemic corruption or racism in their police departments, a number of US towns have eliminated their city P.D., and paid the county sheriff or state police to patrol their city.
Then again, there's also the San Francisco Patrol Special Police model which I only remember from seeing the movie Kuffs back in the day.
Being an old country boy, I always had more respect for the Sheriff and his deputies than any of the other groups in the county.