A high sheriff is, or was, a law enforcement officer in the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States.
In England and Wales, the office is unpaid and partly ceremonial, appointed by the Crown through a warrant from the Privy Council. In Cornwall, the High Sheriff is appointed by the Duke of Cornwall. In England and Wales the office previously known as sheriff was retitled high sheriff on 1 April 1974.
In some states of the United States of America, the high sheriff is the chief sheriff of the state, who outranks and commands all other sheriffs.
Read more about High Sheriff: England, Wales and Northern Ireland, Declaration, United States
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... The position of high sheriff in the United States generally denotes the superior sheriff in a state, or the head of a state-wide sheriff's department ... Such a position exists in Rhode Island (Executive High Sheriff), and Hawaii ... In New Hampshire, the ten high sheriffs are the senior law enforcement officers of each county, and have police powers throughout the state ...
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