Thanks to the 10th Admendant to the US Contitution, all states are different. In what states does this hold true that the sheriff can ONLY be arrested by the county coroner (provided he is in his own jurisdiction) ? And in what states can the sheriff be arrested by any police offcer? And where can this be documented?
Documentation; ie…. Article, section, sub-section, paragraph of State Constitution. I am most concerned with Pennsylvania but other State Constitutions will help also.
“Geoff C” said “Little known fact in Illinois the only person who can arrest the sheriff is the coroner.”
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trooper3316
March 2, 2010 at 1:19 pm
Any police officer who actually witnesses the Sheriff commit a crime can arrest him.
However, if the arrest is after the fact, it is done by the Coroner.
Apricot Lover
March 2, 2010 at 1:51 pm
I thought the coroner was more in the medical field, not the legal field.
El Scott
March 2, 2010 at 2:03 pm
This is also true in Mississippi. If the Sheriff needs to be arrested the coroner has to be the one to arrest him/her.
The Deputies may be arrested by anyone if they break the law.
In North Carolina anyone with power of arrest may arrest the Sheriff. Sheriff Hege of Davidson County, for example, was arrested by NC SBI agents.
lpdhcdh
March 2, 2010 at 2:21 pm
In Colorado this is true…was on the POST test when I took it.