Law enforcement in the United States operates primarily through governmental police agencies. There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States which include city police departments, county sherif
New York City Police Department officers outside a police station in Times Square, 2021. The NYPD is the largest municipal police in the U.S. and the world
Federal agents of the Diplomatic Security Service, ATF, and Secret Service coordinating security for United Nations General Assembly delegates in 2019
Virginia State Police troopers alongside local police officers in Williamsburg, Virginia
Police officers and sheriff's deputies in Scotts Valley, California arresting a suspect following a police pursuit in 2009
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In the United States, a sheriff is a county's chief officer for law enforcement and peace keeping. More than 95% of sheriffs nationwide are elected by the citizens of their respective counties.
Law enforcement in the United States
…operates primarily through governmental police agencies. There are 17,985 police agencies in the United States which include city police departments, county sheriff's offices, state troopers, and federal law enforcement agencies. The law enforcement purposes of these agencies are the investigation of suspected criminal…
A sheriff's deputy in Mogollon, New Mexico in 1940
Arizona Sheriff (later U.S. Senator) Carl Hayden
Phillips County, Arkansas, sheriff cruiser
Former Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi