Partially copying a comment I made in response to a now flagged comment. May be useful info for non-US folks >>In nearly every County I've lived in the Sheriff

Partially copying a comment I made in response to a now flagged comment. May be useful info for non-US folks >>In nearly every County I've lived in the Sheriff was an elected position. King County WA (the Seattle metro area) is the only counter-example. That used to be an elected position until a recent-ish (2020?) popular vote changed the County Sheriff to an appointed position (appointed by the elected County Executive). In Washington State, the Revised Code of Washington (our state law) defines a Sheriff and their duties, which do not include enforcement of Federal or State laws, but rather keeping the peace and executing the orders of the Court. They do have a defined duty to make "complaint of all violations of the criminal law", but things like Covid restrictions would not fall under that.