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sheriff

noun as in law enforcement officer

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Anderson said the arrest and conviction would not have been possible without the “old-fashioned detective work” of sheriff’s detective Jacob Hernandez or investigators with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

A man admitted Wednesday that he lit a Molotov cocktail and threw it toward Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration crackdowns over the summer.

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Monday to two federal crimes in connection with his side work for a cryptocurrency magnate who referred to himself as “the Godfather.”

A sheriff said she had been "nasty, verbally abusive, cruel, vindictive, violent" towards her victims.

From BBC

After spending a month in medical treatment, Maverick fell into the care of Deputy Bryan Hubbard — a Riverside deputy assigned to the sheriff’s Mounted Enforcement Detail.

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