Opinion No. Oag 100-79, (1979)

WILLIAM G. THIEL, Corporation Counsel Eau Claire County

You request my opinion whether, assuming the adoption of appropriate ordinances under the provisions of sec. 59.21 (8)(a), Stats., the county board may require the appointment of all deputy sheriffs to be under civil service and, further, may restrict the maximum number of all deputy sheriffs to be appointed, with the only exceptions in both contexts being appointments of "honorary deputies" and "posse comitatus/section59.24" deputies.

I am of the opinion that the county board may require the appointment of regularly employed deputies to…