A Deputy monitors Pleasant Creek Road in the early morning adjacent to the Garner Complex. Credit: Facebook – 
Jackson County Sheriff’s Office – Oregon 
Municipal/City Level: Municipal/City police work under a municipality or city. If a city has a 
government, i.e., mayor and city council members and a municipal code (misdemeanor laws for the city), 
then the city can have city police. If a person works for a city, the designator is a police officer. Some cities 
have a connected jail (a.k.a. correction or detention facility), while others are operated through the Sheriff 
and the county. 
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