The answer, he believes, can be found in an obscure corner of the state’s criminal justice system — Special Conservators of the Peace. These are the individuals who circuit court judges ...

The sheriff argued that because the Delaware constitution names sheriffs, among other officials, as “conservators of the peace,” they have constitutional — not common-law — powers ...

Sussex Sheriff Jeffrey Christopher has maintained since his election in 2010 that his deputies were designated by the Delaware Constitution as “conservators of the peace” and therefore could ...

Meanwhile, Aubrey Preston, son of Life Care Centers of America founder and CEO Forrest Preston, will continue to serve as his father's emergency conservator at least until March — unless a ...