Originally posted by Tonka Toy
Sheriff's Departments have always had the same power as city police PLUS MORE. We control courts, jail (when applicable), civil process (delivering subpoenas and civil papers), and in most citys in this area we do booking. As for Portsmouth, we also have a traffic enforcement division (issuing traffic citations), Criminal Apprehension Unit (arresting people on outstanding warrants), a truck inspection unit (inspecting and citing big rigs), Marine Patrol (boats, duh) and also up until July 1st when funding ran out we did the DARE program. So, as you can see, the Sheriff's Departments in this area do a lot of stuff.
holy shit, no more DARE?!?!? thats not good