Sheriff Buford T. Justice of Texas!

Reading the comments, folks do not know that Sheriffs in Texas are elected. You generally won't see a County Sheriff out there chasing the Bandit for over 700 miles. Maybe out in Hudspeth county, the Sheriff might get out there in a car, but it's probably not going to happen out there either. Instead, there will be deputies out in the patrol cars. But if the film used a deputy, it just wouldn't be the same.