sheriff
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Bessent praised Warsh earlier this year as a “new sheriff in town.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
Might Carse have been less inclined to step out of line had the new sheriff been in town?
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2026
“As sheriff, I have a duty to protect and serve everyone who lives in or enters San Diego County.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
No, says the sheriff, “I’ve got a wife. She’s had it with me.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
He was named a reserve deputy sheriff in Fairfax, a position that he would continue to hold.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
I’m sure that will be very popular with other sheriffs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
Five West Texas sheriffs likewise wrote to federal officials saying advanced surveillance technology would be better suited to stopping undocumented migration in the rugged terrain.
From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 2026
I saw two officials in sheriffs uniforms, one of whom was from Nebraska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
Security at Mar-a-Lago is extremely tight, with an outer cordon of local Palm Beach sheriffs and an inner one maintained by the Secret Service.
From BBC ● Feb. 22, 2026
After a nighttime rally at a black church in the town square, four hundred people filed out the church doors and moved down a sidewalk lined by helmeted state troopers and deputy sheriffs.
From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman
