sheriff
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The sheriff, now awaiting the delivery of two new squad cars that will be paid for with DHS funds, couldn’t be happier.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Those agencies include state police, county sheriff and local police departments, state wildlife agencies and even state auditors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Challenger Robert Luna ultimately beat the combative sitting sheriff, Alex Villanueva, by more than 20 percentage points.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
In September last year, the Daily Mail reported that sheriff officers had served legal papers at the Trump Turnberry resort.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 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
County sheriffs requested assistance from the California Highway Patrol, the driver led a fleet of law enforcement vehicles on a 40-minute journey of South L.A.’s surface streets and highways.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 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
And whether or not he knew it, it also made him a representative of the community of constitutional sheriffs.
From Slate ● Jul. 23, 2026
I saw two officials in sheriffs uniforms, one of whom was from Nebraska.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
I’d heard of sheriffs and marshals, but had never seen one.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
