2007-06-04 14:01:28 · 22 answers · asked by johnny chaos 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
You may not need experience, but you definitely need knowledge for any position.
2007-06-04 15:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by CGIV76 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
There are many places where the sheriff has NO law enforcement experience whatsoever. The sheriff in neighboring Jefferson Parish [a suburb of New Orleans] has been in office for over 25 years, and he is a career politician, with no law enforcement experience.
2007-06-04 23:55:23 · answer #2 · answered by WC 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Theoretically no. If you are not trained to be a LEO then you should not run for Sheriff. However, many states (I don't know if it is all of them) allow people to run for Sheriff who have no clue how to be an officer. If you don't know how to do the job of your subordinates then how can you really provide them with direction. This job is complicated and involves making decisions on a seconds notice. You should at the least be ready to go thru the Basic Law Enforcement Training when you are elected. Even then you will be woefully unprepared to do anything but run the Mayberry Sheriff's Office.
As a side note you should at the very freaking least love the profession if you want to be Sheriff instead of being on some anti-cop crusade.
2007-06-04 14:26:47 · answer #3 · answered by El Scott 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
When you think about stories like Jon Benet, Jessica Lundford and Danielle Van Dam, how the hell could he do any worse? Law enforcement is given the responsibilty of keeping the peace and insuring the safety of the public.
Many cops are darn good cops. But, if a chain is only as strong as it's weakest link, you might wanna be sure the weakest link is not the first one.
If there are gangs running rampid in your neighborhoods and they've been there a while, you might wanna think about firing those presently entrusted with "keeping the peace and insuring the safety of the public".
Most problems like this are not unsolvable. It just requires a person that will do his job and not make excuses. It also requires a public that will not tolerate excuses.
2007-06-04 14:14:41 · answer #4 · answered by samjam 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Normally the job of a sheriff would require some law enforcement experience but if one has to be a citizen sheriff, then my answer is no.
2007-06-04 14:04:41 · answer #5 · answered by michael2003c2003 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Of course I did.
http://nodonut.egoweblog.com/blog/bad_cop_no_donut/program_details/2006/06/15/bcnd_jun_15
I lost but I made all the cops mad when I sent one of them to prison. Maybe my stop the corruption campaign had something to do with my election signs being stolen and all the slander against me? I think it was the cops.
Sheriff is a management and leadership position and does not require law enforcement experience. If it did it would have been required by the laws of this country which has not seen fit to enact such laws in 240 years.
Now that I ran once and learned how to do it maybe I'll try again in 2010. getting elected is in itself very hard and time consuming work.
A non cop sheriff will also eliminate corruption in the department and strengthen public trust in cops
2007-06-04 14:15:35 · answer #6 · answered by tmilestc 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
Apparently yes, the county I live in in Idaho currently has a Sheriff that never went through POST accademy. Which by that I would have more experience for the position than he does given my military background. Which he doesn't even have.
2007-06-04 15:38:59 · answer #7 · answered by Bill S 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
ANYONE running or sheriff should have law experience...you will still be enforcing the law...it would help if you knew what the law was.
2007-06-04 21:39:07 · answer #8 · answered by ansells40 1 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Yes. That's what happens when posts such as sheriff are subjected to the whims of politics.
2007-06-04 14:03:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
No that's not a good idea. Are you running for sheriff?
2007-06-04 14:03:31 · answer #10 · answered by John Doe 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no law against it, though I wouldn't want the job with nothing to pin my actions on. He will probably get a department that is totally against him, unless he is a lawyer!
2007-06-04 14:05:37 · answer #11 · answered by cantcu 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋