sheriff

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"The renewal and change is good, and I think we are going to see a new sheriff in town," said Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Brendan Corbett, who was assistant sheriff for custody operations under Villanueva, brought in $1,000 and spent about $1,300 in that same period, when his campaign reported that it had about $32,000 on hand.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

The agency highlighted a project called summary case management, which is reducing the number of trials heard by judges in sheriff courts.

From BBC • May 28, 2026

“The Sheriff’s Department is in a tailspin,” the former sheriff said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2026

In 1888, his father, Robert Emmett White, was elected sheriff of Travis County, Texas, which included Austin, then a city of fewer than fifteen thousand people.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann