Dane County Board Considering Drastic Cuts to Sheriff's Department

There are three different proposals being considered by the Dane County Board that would make drastic cuts to the Sheriff's department.

1.) The first proposal would cut 16 Sheriff’s Deputy positions from the Sheriff's office. Savings from the position elimination would be given to the Human Services Department and would go towards socialist welfare programs and "non profits" who grift off the taxpayers.

2.) The second proposal would cut an additional 7 Sheriff’s Deputy positions and would give the savings to the City of Madison who would spend the money on a homeless shelter for men. Keep in mind the majority (not all but still the majority) of the Dane County Homeless community are single, adult, childless, able-bodied men who chose the homeless lifestyle as opposed to a life of responsibility and productivity.

3.) The third proposal would cut an additional 5 Sheriff’s Deputy positions and would give the savings once again to another homeless shelter in Madison for "households without children."

You can read the proposals here. The Sheriff's department consists of 425 sworn personnel. Combined, these three proposals would cut that number by 28 positions or 6% of the sworn officers. I'm not exaggerating when I say that these cuts would be devastating and would undoubtably make Dane County less safe.

Please use this tool to look up who your supervisor is and let them know you don't support these cuts to the Sheriff's department. Who's my supervisor?

Jeff Weigand currently serves as a Dane County Board Supervisor representing the 20th District. First elected in a special election in 2021, Jeff was re-elected to a full two-year term in 2022 and 2024. He currently serves on the Public Protection Judiciary Committee. Jeff and his wife Melissa live with their six children in Marshall.