Have a career in law enforcement both at the municipal and county level I can attest there is only ONE reason for a city to have it’s own police. That reason is CONTROL. And that comes with revenue generation through the enforcement of ordinances.
We have recently seen this play out in Hayden Lake with the one and only police officer being fired after pushing back on orders to write tickets to anyone driving one mile per hour over the speed limit equating to revenue generation…
While have the Sheriff, as the Officer of the Peace, is best that too is subject to how constitutional your Sheriff is. It is the Sheriff’s sworn duty to intercede on his citizens behalf on constitutional matters. Our last Sheriff enforced the unconstitutional mandates and time will tell with the current one.
Have a career in law enforcement both at the municipal and county level I can attest there is only ONE reason for a city to have it’s own police. That reason is CONTROL. And that comes with revenue generation through the enforcement of ordinances.
We have recently seen this play out in Hayden Lake with the one and only police officer being fired after pushing back on orders to write tickets to anyone driving one mile per hour over the speed limit equating to revenue generation…
While have the Sheriff, as the Officer of the Peace, is best that too is subject to how constitutional your Sheriff is. It is the Sheriff’s sworn duty to intercede on his citizens behalf on constitutional matters. Our last Sheriff enforced the unconstitutional mandates and time will tell with the current one.