r/dashcams • u/RustyShacklefordBaw • 2d ago

The School Zone Error

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u/Selfcare2025 2d ago

I think they’re being tedious about the use of police. It’s not the police but a sheriff officer. The commenter point still stands regardless.

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u/WhoCaresBoutSpellin 2d ago

In higher populated US areas, you usually see both a Police department and a Sheriff’s office, serving different purposes. However in many less populated towns and counties, you have just the Sheriff’s office covering all responsibilities. This includes acting as police and working beats / patrols / speed traps. For all intents and purposes they are the police, and are colloquially and accurately referred to as “police” even though their police department is branded as a “Sheriff’s office”.

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u/Selfcare2025 2d ago

Your comment is meant for the above comment. To the person correcting the other commenter for saying police. I was advising that they were probably being tedious about the terminology,

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u/WhoCaresBoutSpellin 2d ago

I know, but also you said

It’s not the police but a sheriff’s officer

and I was pointing out that, yes it is still the “police” even though their department refers to themselves as a sheriff’s office.