What is a Sheriff?Video courtesy of the Florida Sheriff's Association http://www.flsheriffs.org/
Where did the word Sheriff come from? To understand the origin, we must travel back to what is known today as England where the term Reeve referred to a chief or leader and the term shire described groups of hundreds of people banded together, which is what we would today call a county. The role of sheriff came into existence around the 9th century, which makes the sheriff the oldest continuing, non-military, law enforcement entity in history. To learn more about the role of Sheriff in the state of Florida, please visit www.FLSheriffs.org |