Local law enforcement is divided between County <answer>Sheriff</answer>'s Offices and Municipal Police Departments. Tennessee's Constitution requires that each County have an elected <answer>Sheriff</answer>. In 94 of the 95 counties the <answer>Sheriff</answer> is the chief law enforcement officer in the county and has jurisdiction over the county as a whole. Each <answer>Sheriff</answer>'s Office is responsible for warrant service, court security, jail operations and primary law enforcement in the unincorporated areas of a county as well as providing support to the municipal police departments. Incorporated municipalities are required to maintain a police department to provide police services within their corporate limits.
Each Tennessee county must elect which law enforcement official?
Sheriff