In 2012, a reverse coup of sorts took place in Delaware, following an even more draconian predecessor in Connecticut. There could be national implications if it is allowed to continue.
In Delaware, the son of Joe Biden, Attorney General Beau Biden, pushed through the state legislature a bill which redefined the duties of sheriffs and their deputies. It removed their arrest authority and made them little more than process servers and prisoner transporters.
The sheriff is the front-line of defense in America against a tyrannical centralized police force. They are our local law enforcement and are empowered with more authority in the county in which they serve than any other official at any level, including federal agencies and officials. That is, in every State except Delaware.
The action in Delaware has effectively removed that obstacle from the path of a central controlling government and an increasingly militarized state police force. The residents of Delaware, in their government’s present configuration, have no protection from the anonymous occupants of the black uniforms.
Delaware Sheriff Jeff Christopher says, “Right now the threat to individual Americans from al-Qaeda and other groups is nowhere near the threat we face from officials in our own country who are working at taking away our liberties.”
That is not wild “conspiracy theory,” it’s the reality from the perspective of someone who’s seen it from the inside. Having an ability to recognize when things aren’t as they should be is roundly derided by those with something to hide, but the events lead in only one direction.
Sheriff Christopher says “The battle of liberty is never over. We are attempting to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot overturning the law stripping us of our arrest authority.”
Christopher puts it clearly saying, “I believe the intent of taking away the authority of the sheriff is to set up a situation where the state police have the power to enforce unconstitutional legislation while preventing the sheriff from being able to stand against them.”
Colorado’s Weld County Sheriff John Cooke sees county sheriffs as being a check and balance against state and federal tyranny. They are an elected member of the community in which they serve, answering to the people of the county, not a higher executive. They can simply refuse to enforce unconstitutional or tyrannical laws.
Cooke remarked about the situation in Connecticut, and that state’s attempts to disarm their citizens. He said, “In Connecticut where they are trying to register everyone’s guns and not having much luck, I can see a situation where the state police could be ordered by the governor to do whatever he feels is necessary to get those people to register their guns.”
Connecticut eliminated the office of Sheriff statewide in 2000.
Christopher agrees, “What do the people of Connecticut expect? They don’t have sheriffs to stand in their traditional role to nullify the law and refuse to allow gun confiscation.”
Christopher continued, “If they still had sheriffs, the governor or state police would not even be thinking of confiscation. That is why the sheriff is elected instead of appointed. He owes his allegiance to the people.”
