Quote Originally Posted by SDCC View Post
Indy has unigov
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unigov

Which worked like a dream the two times I lived there. The last time I lived there in 2006 I noticed that the city/county had taken another step towards consolidation, the Marion County Sheriff's department and the Indianapolis Police department had been folded into one unit - the Metropolitan Police department.
Saves money, and makes sense, way to go Hoosiers...
In populous Virginia counties, they have created a police department which works for the county executive. The elected sherriff still exists, but is limited to running the jail, providing court baliffs, and serving summons and eviction notices.