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What are the Requirements to Become a Sheriff?

Enforce Law and Order at the Community Level: Become a Sheriff

What It Takes to Serve As a Sheriff

There are many compelling reasons to join law enforcement, some of them practical, some noble. If your reasons for looking into this field stem from a more grass roots mentality, the desire to effect change on a community level, you may want to consider becoming a sheriff. A sheriff's duties usually mirror those of police chiefs. They are most often elected to their posts and enforce the law on a county level. Specific responsibilities vary by location; rural sheriffs and their deputies typically function as the principal form of police, whereas sheriffs employed in more urban areas may be assigned more specialized tasks, such as administering the county jail, transporting prisoners, and serving warrants.

Requirements to Become a Sheriff

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) observes that most police and sheriffs learn what they need to know through on-the-job experience, often provided via police academies. Other qualifications the BLS lists as being essential requirements to become a sheriff include:
  • Being citizens of age. Generally speaking, most candidates must be U.S. citizens who have attained at least twenty years of age.
  • Physical fitness. Aspiring sheriffs are required to pass physical fitness examinations which assess their strength, endurance, and agility.
  • Upstanding character. Easily the most difficult element to define yet perhaps the most crucial, the BLS describes individuals possessing this quality as demonstrating honesty, sound judgment, and a strong sense of responsibility.
  • Formal education. Exact requirements differ by agency and location, but departments often ask applicants to have completed some postsecondary education; many have college degrees.


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