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Message: <blockquote data-quote="71buickfreak" data-source="post: 2125297" data-attributes="member: 8373">After reading a little more on this, the state of Delaware has never granted the sheriff's offic arrest powers. They didn't take them away, rather this particular sheriff has been trying to obtain the ability to arrest people. The story is a little misleading in the title, arrest powers have never been a part of Delaware's Sheriff offices. This county has been fighting for arrest powers for years, to no avail. THey are limited to handling forclosures and serving papers. Seems a bit ridiculous for a sheriff to be a glorified process server. I think they should have the arrest power. In a recent drug bust, a deputy arrested a dealer with a crap ton of drugs and the judge dismissed the case because the deputy does not have the legal right to arrest someone.</blockquote>