Assertion: sheriff | /r/HasAspect | the power
Facets:
value: in some places
type: LOCATION
value: under connecticut statutes
type: LOCATION
value: usually
type: TEMPORAL
value: to make arrests
type: PURPOSE
value: to make detain lawbreakers
type: PURPOSE
value: as other maryland law enforcement officials
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: He held that sheriffs have the power to enforce motor-vehicle laws (at issue in this case) for violations committed in their presence.
text: Article IX, Section I of the constitution specifies that sheriffs "shall be elected by the qualified voters of their respective counties for a term of four years and shall have such qualifications, powers and duties as provided by general law.
text: The state’s 24 Sheriffs and their more than 1,600 deputies are sworn police officers, graduates of certified police academies, and have the same powers as other Maryland law enforcement officials to make arrests and detain lawbreakers.
text: The sheriff shall have and exercise all the powers and duties now or hereafter conferred or imposed upon him by any applicable law.
text: Sheriffs in Connecticut had several powers and duties under Connecticut statutes: deputy sheriffs received and executed process, and special deputy sheriffs handled transportation of prisoners and courthouse security.
text: Their role in county government is typically defined in legal statutes, but they will usually have the power to arrest and detain suspects, investigate crimes, and patrol the county.
text: Sheriffs had (in some places, still have) the power to deputize people to assist them in recapturing a fugitive or just maintaining the peace.