• Carmakazi@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    ACAB but sheriff’s offices are probably some of the worst. They seem to have the lowest qualifications for entry and a real hillbilly mentality. I’m sure offices like this bury people in the back 9 that never get discovered.

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      Probably because sheriffs are elected, and aren’t overseen by any government body. In between elections, they can do anything they want. The podcast In The Dark covered how a Minnesota county sheriff bungled, and then covered up, the investigation of the disappearance of Jacob Wetterling in 1989. Around the country, sheriff departments consistently have crime clearance rates below 20%. Pathetic.