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No.053
04/09/12
Sheriffs Bushwhacked
Delaware attorney general strips county sheriffs of arrest powers By Pat Shannan Sheriff Jeff Christopher of Sussex County, Delaware, when he was elected to the office in 2010, thought he was handpicked by the people to represent them as the highest-ranking law officer in the county. Instead, he has found himself in the middle of a fight for the future of American law enforcement as a result of a nationwide effort to abolish the sheriffs office altogether. This is one more example of federal and state governments ignoring the will of the people as well as state laws. In the case of Delaware, the states own constitution stipulates that the office of the sheriff is a constitutionally created position just like the secretary of state and the attorney general. Delawares Constitution states: The sheriffs shall be conservators of the peace within the counties . . . in which they reside. This time it is Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, sending out mandates to commissioners informing them that their sheriffs no longer have arrest powers. In an opinion released Feb. 24, State Solicitor L.W. Lewis said that neither the state nor the common law grants arrest powers to the county sheriffs. It would appear that Lewis is a little confused. The office of sheriff was created more than a century before the official founding of the United States. Delawares first sheriff took office in 1669. Christopher tells AFP that the two administrations prior to hisas far back as 2000began to notice a reduction in funding and the chipping away of powers of the office in general.
YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF IS THE HIGHEST LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN YOUR COUNTY YOUR COUNTY SHERIFF WORKS FOR YOU !!!
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