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"US Police" is vague enough to be inaccurate. As written it implies a Federal force since they are direct arms of the US government, while the actual sheriff in
by jakebasile 4y ago
"US Police" is vague enough to be inaccurate. As written it implies a Federal force since they are direct arms of the US government, while the actual sheriff in question is a county agent. What organization is it referring to? The FBI is a Federal policing force but it's not commonly called the US Police. Is it the Secret Service? The US Postal Inspection Service? The National Park Police? The Fish and Wildlife Service Office of Law Enforcement?
I'd expect a better written headline to use "Adams County, Ohio Sheriff" since that is the most accurate form that conveys what agency did the thing in question.
- dontlaugh 4y agoSheriffs are US police to anyone not in the US. All of the others you list, too. Adam’s county or Ohio mean nothing to me.
- NoZebra120vClip 4y agoIf I read someone referring to "US Police" I would immediately consider some sort of federal US Marshals service or Secret Service. When we speak of police, we refer to their jurisdiction. Adams County Sheriff has jurisdiction in a county, obviously, not federal, not across state lines, only in that county. Now I suppose if you're writing headlines for people in Kenya, you might specify "US law enforcement" but "US Police" is just sloppy writing. I didn't see it in the linked article.
- kingofpandora 4y ago"Police in the US" then. Which in Newsline shorthand would be "US Police".