Author Jessica Pishko probes the beliefs and actions of the hard right constitutional sheriffs movement, whose members say ...

While there are exceptions, sheriffs have a long history of using their power to maintain a particular, unequal balance of ...

Many Americans will find on their November 2024 ballot a space to vote for an important office: local sheriff. While there ...

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 ...

In 2011, three years after the election of the first Black president of the United States, Mack founded a group called the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA), the ...

There are more than 3,000 sheriffs elected at the county level in the United States, each of whom has authority and autonomy to both set and enforce law enforcement policy. For example ...

Sheriffs in the United States don't often get national news attention, but Zuchowski's request was covered in The Washington Post, NBC News and The Guardian, among others. There are more than ...

Advertisement There are more than 3,000 sheriffs elected at the county level in the United States, each of whom has authority and autonomy to both set and enforce law enforcement policy.