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El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa hasn’t spent much time in the office since May.
That’s when allegations were leveled against him, and county commissioners opened a pair of investigations into financial and employee-related complaints.
Most recently, he hasn’t been in the office since Oct. 3, according to records of his key-card access obtained by The Gazette through an open records request.
He isn’t expected to return until the end of the month, a spokesman for the office said.
Employees say this, and a lack of a formal transition plan with Bill Elder, who is running unopposed for sheriff in the Nov. 4 election, is adding to a feeling of uncertainty in the office as the end of Maketa’s term approaches Jan. 13.
