DC = swamp
DC honestly acts like a foreign country within our borders
The Sheriff that DC resides could fuck them all up, but those that subverted this country know exactly HOW IMPORTANT owning the Sheriff is
Sheriff = The LAW
as soon as you cross a State line, you cross a County line, that is the Sheriff's home, that Sheriff represents, usually, a coalition of powerful industries and families
if YOUR sheriff is letting this go on, he is blackmailed, compromised, and compliant
when that happens, you best know that their deputies are most likely initiated as well, into whatever criminal activity they had chosen to monopolize