What is the difference between the police department and the sheriff department?

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What is the difference between the police department and the sheriff department?
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What are the basic differences and what do they do respectively? Also, what other law enforcement departments work independently on different things?

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Jurisdiction is the most obvious. The police department is primarily responsible for just the city limits, where the sheriff is responsible for the entire county.

The sheriff also has additional responsibilities that police departments do not such as running the county jail, security at the county courthouse, and civil paper service such as eviction notices, restraining orders, and subpoenas.

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