I am curious about the diiference between the Sheriffs vs Police Chiefs

[robertcolorado2009]

The County Sheriffs of Colorado's position and the Police Chiefs who I see at the symposium in Feb 19, 2013. on Gun Violence. The Police Chiefs I have read about almost every where state they are for the ban "assault" weapons and banning 30 round magazines, more control of almost everything as stated in Obama's proposal, where as the CSOC are more sensible and come out against bans of both weapons and mags. I wonder why the opposite sides?

[Ridge]

Police Chiefs are appointed
Sheriffs are elected

[zteknik]

Correct me if I'm wrong,but as I understand Sherrifs are elected and police chiefs are appointed.

Ridge beat me to the draw

[Aloha_Shooter]

Hmmm ... guess I should add that Chiefs are appointed and Sheriffs are elected?

[zteknik]

Hmmm ... guess I should add that Chiefs are appointed and Sheriffs are elected?

Dupe??

I would tend to think the cheifs being appointed would go with the agenda of the apointee.As the elected oficial would go with the people-or at least that's the way it should be.
I allways find the Sherrifs more knowledgeable and professional compared to the chiefs(not knocking any good chiefs out there)
The chiefs I knew of in NY were basicly the turds that just floated to the top.

[Great-Kazoo]

Chiefs are mostly political hacks. and Sheriffs are elected.

DUPE

[Ronin13]

Hmmm ... guess I should add that Chiefs are appointed and Sheriffs are elected?

Comes down to where loyalties lie- predominantly elected officials are more inclined to keep their voters happy, appointees are more inclined to keep those who appointed them happy... Sucks huh?

[Busta Prima]

Isn't it also set up that a sheriff is the head LE in a county and a police chief would be a city? It seems to be the case everywhere I've lived.

[OneGuy67]

Chiefs are the head of the law enforcement agency in a municipality while the Sheriff is the head of the county law enforcement agency. Sheriffs are elected, while Chiefs are appointed.

Chiefs and Sheriffs always are usually at odds due primarily to the difference in their policing population. City chiefs are head of law enforcement agencies that deal with population densities, while most sheriff's deal with rural areas that are not population dense. The policing styles, priorities, types of crimes, frequencies and call loads are usually quite different between the two types of agencies.

Colorado Springs and El Paso are a great example of this. A large, heavily populated city and a large rural or "bedroom community" type county. The types of crime and their frequency in the Springs is different than in the county and vice versa.

[Mtn.man]

Sherriffs for the most part have an individual thought process, and a brain, Oh and BALLS.

A chief has none of the above.