'have the power to?' apparently you have not heard of the 'sheriff's auxiliary' People act like the sheriff isn't using the powers they have. google search it. nearly every county has their own. great way to get your foot in the door of law enforcement, get all the training from the sheriff, then transfer into another department under prior experience hiring authority. Also, if more people volunteered for the local sheriff depts (and fire house) we would be less reliant on taxes, and city political  micromanagment