Very poorly written article.

This has nothing to do with enforcing the mandate upon the public. It has everything to do with his ability to manage (hire and fire, set qualifications for, i.e. vax mandate) the employees in his department.

He refused to fire unvaxxed employees, which was part of his authority as the elected leader of the Sheriff Department. Now he is still the elected leader, but he can't choose which employees he gets to manage.

Interaction with the public and crime enforcement will remain the same. Except he'll have less deputies.