Broward Sheriff's Office - A Full Service Public Safety Agency - Broward County, FL. Oakland Park. BSO Oakland Park District Office. The City of Oakland Park contracted with the Broward Sheriff's Office in August 2000 to provide law enforcement services for its 42,420 permanent residents.
For other uses, see Constable (disambiguation). A constable is a person holding a particular office, most commonly in criminal law enforcement. The office of constable can vary significantly in different jurisdictions. A constable is commonly the rank of an officer within the police. Other persons may be granted powers of a constable without holding the title of constable.
A police officer (also known as a policeman or police agent in some forces, particularly in the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth nations) is a warranted law employee of a police force. In the United States, officer usually is the formal name of the lowest police rank. In many other countries, officer is a generic term not specifying a particular rank, and the lowest rank is often constable. In some nations the use of the rank officer is legally reserved for military personnel.