What is the difference between a sheriff and police department? Do they govern different things and have completely separate powers? Does one have more jurisdiction over another and what happens when it comes to committing a criminal offence?
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Fun fact: the word Sheriff comes from late Old English scirgerefa “representative of royal authority in a shire” from scir (see shire) + gerefa “chief, official, reeve” (see reeve):
https://www.etymonline.com/word/sheriff#etymonline_v_23383
In late Anglo-Saxon England, the Shire Reeve’s job would be to watch over the county borders and raise the fyrd, in case of incursions from a rival kingdom.
They still have sheriffs in Scotland.
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