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In most cases, a mayor is a city official, while a sheriff is a county official. If you are talking about county business, the mayor would have no standing. If you are talking about city business, the sheriff has no standing.

Another View: No. In some (most?) states, the office of Sheriff, even though they are locally elected, is a State Constitutional Office and the Sheriff's actions do not fall under the control of local government officials. The Sheriff answers only to the Governor, or State Legislature.

If the question were asking about a Chief of Police, then the answer would probably be yes. . ., just as long as the Mayor was not intruding, on, or circumventing, the enforcement of law. The C.O.P. is an employee/appointee of the Mayor and/or City Fathers and their actions may be administratively controlled by those locally elected officials.

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