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Europeans, what is something that Americans have/do that makes no sense to you? (programming.dev)
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[–] 26 points 3 years ago (7 children)

Police officer: *sees black man running*
*spins wheel*
dadada·da·da-da-da–da–da—da — da TRESPASSING
(The wheel is 60% trespassing)

Also, what are sheriffs for?

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Sheriffs have jurisdiction over counties.

    Counties are larger than (and include) cities in the same way that states are larger than (and include) counties.

    Many areas are not incorporated into a city so they would not have city police and therefore would need to rely on Sheriffs for local law enforcement.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It sounds like a system begging for consolidation.

    There must be huge inefficiencies with so many different and sometimes overlapping law enforcement organisations.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    There are. I live just outside police jurisdiction. My neighbor got his truck stolen and called the police, they said "Sorry, can't help ya, call the sheriff." He called the sheriff's office and got a recording that they are only open Wed-Thurs-Fri, 12pm to 4pm, that he could leave a message and expect to hear back then (it was Saturday).

    He had video of the thieves and the car they showed up in, including license plate and clear shots of their faces. Sheriff said "Well, it's been five days, they probably ditched that car by now, not much we can do."

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Sherrifs are complicated. First it is important to understand that police are tied to the cities they serve in. There are parts of cities are are not incorporated and thus need a different sort of law enforcement. Mostly remote places. But it does happen in denser areas.

    Sherrifs are elected law enforcement. You can "run" for sherrif and just be some rich guy looking to play cops and robbers. See Texas.

    However there are sherrifs officers that are on the same wavelength of police and just to enforce where the lines keep the police out. And you might think "Well why don't they just incorporate the parts into the city?". Lots of other issues with how the land is distributed in other ways.

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