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[[File:Grand' Rue, Jersey.jpg|thumb|right|Monument in St Helier to Pierre Le Sueur, elected Connétable five times in the 19th century]]In Jersey, each [[Parishes of Jersey|parish]] elects a constable for a three-year mandate (four years until 2008) to run the parish and also represent the parish in the legislature, the [[States of Jersey]].
 
At parish-level, the constable presides over the Roads Committee, the Conseil Paroissial (except St. Helier) and Parishparish Assembliesassemblies. The twelve constables also collectively sit as the Comité des Connétables.<ref>{{cite web | title = Committees and panels | url = http://www.statesassembly.gov.je/committees/Pages/default.aspx?CommitteeId=35 | accessdate = 2011-12-24 }}</ref> The constable is the titular head of the [[Honorary Police]]. With the Roads Inspectors, Roads Committee and other officers, the constable of each parish also carries out the ''[[Visite du Branchage|visites du branchage]]'' twice a year.
 
== Guernsey ==