Title 36, Chapter 8, Section 5
( 36-8-5)
Under the direction and control of the county governing authority,
the county police shall have: (1) The same power to make arrests and to execute and return
criminal warrants and processes in the county of their election or
appointment only, as sheriffs have; and (2) All the powers of sheriffs as peace officers in the county of
their election or appointment. | 
