How a Right-Wing Network Mobilized Sheriffs’ Departments

The number of sheriffs affiliated with The Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association (CSPOA) has been updated in February, 2022 here: “Mapping Far-Right and Anti-Immigrant Movement Alignment with County Sheriffs”

Sheriffs are elected at the county level, and in most cases operate without any direct oversight. This presents an opportunity for White nationalists and other right-wing movements, particularly the Patriot movement and the anti-immigrant movement, to build power and influence. The 3081 elected sheriffs nationwide are responsible for running county jails, which house a third of the country’s incarcerated population, and enforcing laws within their county that are passed at the state and federal level.