Who gives authority to a police department? Lets say a new town were to be founded somewhere in the US, how is the local law enforcement agency brought up in that town?

Question

Who ordains it? Does the town mayor have authority over who gets to enforce the law? Is it the state legislature? The governor?

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Answer 1

Not sure if it’s still done but in some states the sheriff or police chief used to be elected by the people.

So I guess you would have enough to have a town charter and then the town would set up the necessary services.

Some would be done by a governor some by the major.