Law and Government
Smallville's police chief is Chief Douglas Parker, who in pre-Crisis stories is considered a close ally of Superboy. Superboy is capable of being contacted by Chief Parker (as well as Professor Lang, Lana Lang's father, and the President of the United States) via a secret signal lamp hidden in the Kent household. Chief Parker exists in the post-Crisis DC comics, but his role is much less prominent.
Smallville in modern comics also has a sheriff department. It is headed by Sheriff Hayes, who is murdered by a Black Lantern.
A storyline late in the run of New Adventures of Superboy sees Smallville's town council propose building Smallville's first shopping mall, though the mall's construction is revealed out to have sinister ulterior motives. While the storyline is unfinished (the comic was cancelled before the story could be concluded), it does see Jonathan Kent decide to run for a city council seat to try to thwart the mall's construction.
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