DOJ issues requests to California sheriffs for information on noncitizen inmates and release dates as part of Trump ...

Despite decades of efforts to reform policing in the United States and the massive anti-brutality demonstrations of 2020, police officers continue to avoid prosecution for murder charges and ...

The Highest Law in the Land: How the Unchecked Power of Sheriffs Threatens Democracy, by Jessica Pishko, Dutton, 480 pages, $32 The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States ...

A proposal to establish a commission to analyze whether Riverside County might benefit from having a standing oversight ...

Constitutional Sheriffs are duly elected lawmen who believe they answer only to God. They’ve spent the last six months preparing to stop a “stolen” election—by any means necessary.

States are increasingly setting policy for sheriffs on how much they can cooperate with ICE at local jails. (Photo by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) ...

A national group of sheriffs that claims the top law enforcers in American counties are not bound by federal law has successfully spread its doctrine to dozens of states in recent years.

The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States, by Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, The University of Chicago Press, 304 pages, $25 ...

Adapted from The Power of the Badge: Sheriffs and Inequality in the United States by Emily M. Farris and Mirya R. Holman, which will be published in September by the University of Chicago Press.