The phrase "town sheriff" refers to a law enforcement officer who is in charge of maintaining peace and order in a specific town or community. Full definition
Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in Jee - woon Kim's action project about a small town sheriff who takes on a Mexican drug cartel. (movieweb.com)
There are encounters with a comical predecessor of the KKK (led by a terrifically over the top Don Johnson), a small town sheriff who is not what he seems and, of course, the very proper southern gentleman / Mandingo fighting aficionado and plantation owner, Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio)-- and his right hand plantation man, house slave Stephen (Samuel L. Jackson, stealing every scene he's in in a scary, mean, dangerously funny role). (eclipsemagazine.com)
But conflict arises when small town sheriff with adequate midriff (Jackie Gleason) fears this will result in severe shortage of GSCs in the south. (sbnation.com)