GEORGETOWN, DE – Let’s try this one more time – the Sheriff’s Office of Sussex County is not empowered to make arrests. This ruling recently came down from the office of Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden.
After numerous court decisions and opinions from multiple AG’s, Sussex County Sheriff Jeff Christopher still maintains that he and his deputies have the same police powers as do policemen.
While readers on the Maryland and Virginia Eastern Shore may believe this is strange – the Sheriff’s office is a primary law enforcer in these 11 counties – across the Bay, in both states, the Sheriff is usually limited to serving court papers and (sometimes) running the jail.
