I like your Sheriff.
People don’t realize the power that an elected sheriff has, which includes the power to investigate. My sheriff has thrown a half-dozen rat bureaucrats in state prison for embezzlement.
A sheriff also has the power to refuse to aid federal law enforcement. That means that the feds are on their own when they enter a county - no assistance from the sheriff - and they had best obey county laws or face arrest or get run out of the county.