What is the Difference between municipal police and county police?

Answer 1

MUNICIPAL POLICE departments are charged with the enforcement of all laws and statutes that are applicable within their municipality, and are authorized to enforce all such laws within their primary jurisdiction. COUNTY POLICE departments are authorized to enforce all laws applicable within the entire county of jurisdiction, (including within municipalities). COUNTY SHERIFF'S have the same power as County Police Departments except that, in addition, they also have the au;thority to enforce civil laws, and they also carry out orders, writs, and judgements of the Civil Court.

Answer 2

municipal police work for a specific city, township or village. County police or county sheriffs work for the county. Cities, villages or townships that are small sometimes contract the county police of sheriff to handle police services when they dont have their own police department

Answer 3

Municipal police work for a city government; county police work for a county government. County police usually work in areas of the county that are unincorporated (not within cities) or in cities within the county that do not have their own police departments.

Answer 4

The difference between a city police officer and a county police officer in most places is the location where one reports to work. In different states they may or may not have different duties. Usually they have the same job training. In a number of locations, cities and counties have merged saving the cost of having two different police departments doing the same work.