A Sheriff's Office in Disarray A Sheriff's Office in Disarray Feud Between Curry, Aluisi Blamed for Woes in Pr. In Prince George's County, half of all protective orders that courts issue for battered women expire before they can be delivered. Landlords complain that it takes months to carry out a routine eviction. The backlog of child support warrants is growing.
Prosecutors pull detectives off important investigations just to serve subpoenas.
The repercussions range from the serious, such as 38,200 criminal arrest warrants that have not been delivered, to the simply frustrating. Judges complain that they waste an hour a day waiting for deputies to bring defendants in and out of courtrooms. At its core, the dispute is about money and power. Curry, who must fund the sheriff's office but has no daily management control over it, accuses Aluisi of gross mismanagement and has asked a judge to place the agency in receivership. He says Aluisi allows some deputies to do virtually nothing and deliberately deploys others ineffectively so he can complain about budget cuts and demand more money.