GroundRules
Ala. Code § 15-6-1: Sheriff Principal Conservator of the Peace.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 15 Criminal Procedure.
- Chapter 6 Peace Proceedings and Proceedings to Preserve Order.
- Article 1 General Provisions.
The sheriff is the principal conservator of the peace in his county, and it is his duty to suppress all riots, unlawful assemblies and affrays. In the execution of such duty, he may summon to his aid as many of the men of his county as he thinks proper.
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