Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 36-87, (1987)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided June 29, 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
KENNETH J. BUKOWSKI, Corporation Counsel Brown County
You have asked whether the offices of village president and commander in the Brown County sheriff's department are compatible.
You explain that the four commanders in the sheriff's department are in management positions working directly under the supervision of the sheriff. The commander is a deputized, non-bargaining unit, supervisory position in the department.
Currently, one of the commanders in the Brown County sheriff's department is president of a village that has contracted the department to provide law enforcement services for the…