Long plagued by personnel issues, the Fairfax County Sheriff’s Office (FCSO) is seeing an unsustainable trajectory of staff turnover — one that staff says demands the immediate attention of lawmakers.
Covid-era initiatives that were once expected to be temporary have become permanent, but only out of necessity, three staffers told a Fairfax County Board of Supervisors committee last week.
“We are not the same Sheriff’s Office that we were four, five years ago,” Lt. Col. Nick Andariese said at the Safety and Security Committee meeting on Nov. 25. “But that doesn’t mean we don’t want to get back to doing those things.”…