The largest Sheriff's Department in the United States is the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (8,400 Officers, 7,400 unsworn employees).
Sardonic is a see also of sarcastic. As adjectives the difference between sarcastic and sardonic is that sarcastic is containing sarcasm while sardonic is scornfully mocking or cynical. Sardonic is a see also of sarcastic. As adjectives the difference between sarcastic and sardonic is that sarcastic is containing sarcasm while sardonic is scornfully mocking or cynical.
Sarcasm is sometimes informally defined as saying the opposite of what you means, but this is more correctly called verbal irony (see Irony on Wikipedia for a good overview of the differences). To be sure, a lot of sarcasm employs verbal irony, but some of it doesn't. Some sarcasm is more satirical than ironic. And some of it isn't really classifiable as ironic or satirical. Of course, all sarcasm involves some unexpected, apropos twist, since that is the essential component of a witty or funny comment.