Search the Definitions. n. the death of a human being as the result of a wrongful act of another person. Such wrongful acts include: negligence (like careless driving), an inten- tional attack such as assault and/or battery, a death in the course of another crime, vehicular manslaughter, manslaughter or murder.
And salaries for officers in an urban area are normally higher than those in a rural area, he said. Location can factor into salary amounts. The average police and sheriff's patrol officer wage in Maryland, $59,880, is very close to the national number. But the average wage for that profession drops to an average of $51,900 in Virginia and $49,640 in the Salisbury area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics data shows.
North Carolina Deputy Sheriff's Salaries. Deputy sheriffs are the most commonly encountered members of a sheriff's department. In North Carolina, the median annual salary for police and sheriff's patrol officers is $38,590, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Half of all patrol officers earned salaries between $32,720 and $47,560. The average hourly wage for sheriff's patrol officers in the state is $19.43.