what is the difference between a police officer a sheriff a trooper and a Marshall?

Answer 1

Hiring process, jurisdiction, and arrest authority.

Answer 2

They are all basically the same thing. They are all law enforcement officers. The main difference is the actual jurisdiction they have and the jobs that they do.

Police officers usually are only within the city limits of a city.

A county sheriff's deputy can be inside the city, or outside the cities in the county area. They usually take care of things that are outside of the city limits where the regular police units aren't allowed to go, however they can go within all the cities within the county they are in.

State troopers run the whole state basically. Just like sheriff units, they can go in and out of different cities, but unlike the sheriff units they can go farther then that specific county. They can patrol the whole state. The main job of a state trooper is to make sure that the roads are safe. Basically, they are the ones that ticket the most on the highways and conduct highway investigations in car wrecks. They usually stay confined to the major highways, but when something else happens in a city or county, they will leave the highways to go assist in whatever is going on.

There are two different kinds of Marshals now. The U.S. Marshals service is a federal level law enforcement agency and they pretty much conduct a lot of federal warrant servicing, and also can watch over the transport of federal inmates. Some larger city departments have thier own "Marshals" service or division, where the only thing that they do is go and arrest people with warrants for arrest.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

I know that in Indianapolis, where I lived many years, it went like this.... A police officer was an officer who had jurisdiction in the city only. The Marion County Sheriff was responsible for all the townships around Indianapolis, but not Indianapolis itself. A Trooper was hired by the state and was usually visible on the highways... and a Marshall was hired by the town council, he did everything from answer 911 calls to delivering the court orders. In short, it depends on where you live and how your county and state government set up the agencies...

Answer 5

Different badges.
Seriously...not much. Just the jurisdictions they cover. Sheriffs and state troopers normally have a larger area they are allowed to cover than local city police. Sheriffs usually are allowed to cover an entire county, State troopers have power to enforce the law across the entire state. City police are limited to the city they are employed by. Marshall? Im not certain...

Answer 6

They are all members of the law enforcement community, but in different jurisdictions, like so: Police Officers are usually city or town based. Sheriff's are county, Troopers are state, and Marshalls are federal government. Police officers are normally limited in patrol to their town or city, while sheriffs patrol the county, but can act in the city as well. Troopers are statewide, but can act in a county or town, and federal marshalls can act anywhere in the U.S.

Answer 7

The City Marshal of Buford, Georgia may levy a local militia, in the absence of State or Federal troops. This City Militia will answer to its city, county, state, and national governments for direction, and is to be trained and absorbed into regular military status, in the time of war. No Sheriff has that kind of authority.

Answer 8

police is usually the city
sheriff is in the county
trooper is the state
marshall is federal

Answer 9

Police Officer- a ,municipal cop, with powers inside a particular city.

Sheriff- a officer (typically county) that has powers through out that particular area.

Trooper- under a variety of names, they are responsible for maintaining law and order throughout the state. They are usually limited to patrolling state and federal highways.

Marshall- A Federal law enforcement official who's primary responsibilities lay in prisoner related issues. They are responsible for security in federal courts, federal prisoner transport, hunting fut ages, etc.

Texas State Rangers- A small elite unit unique to Texas. Their powers are a combination of all above.

Hope this helps.

Answer 10

Employer... City, County, State, and Town.. unless a Federal Marshall...