It doesn't seem as if you could get a law enforcement organization much farther from the Federal level and much closer to the people who they serve and defend than when the law enforcement agency is led by a locally elected sheriff.
The sheriff is quoted as having said that all of the deputies were raised on ranches, have owned cattle themselves, or both, which suggests that he expects them to know how to handle themselves around cattle.
A sad situation for all involved.
Right They've shown you don't dispatch animals by gut shooting them . Wonder how they learned that.
