Re: County Jail
Originally Posted by
artynok
Like others a city county government would be a lot more effective and accountable to the citizens. I don't have anything against the Sheriff, assessor, court clerk, but I think it's crazy that they are elected instead of hired like a city manager, or police chief of a city. There are other metro areas across the country that have combined both governments.
We elect ours here as well. But the BIG difference is we have only ONE County Executive (not 3) and a county council, they are held accountable the same way as the mayors and councils of Seattle and Tacoma are and voices from the people are heard. ...
I believe the county sheriffs/clerks etc have to be elected because they are sworn-in to the state/nation whereas the city chiefs are appointed under the govt of the city. The weird one is the State Police. ...
I believe Midtowner may have excellent legal insight on how this all works. ..
Oklahoma City, the RENAISSANCE CITY!
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