DA'S STAFF OVERWORKED AND UNDERPAID

Dear Editor:

We have added scores of police officers and deputy sheriffs. We have added
technology to help us be more efficient in fighting crime and disorder. We
have adopted community policing to better serve the community.

All of this breaks down if the District Attorney's Office is not
adequately staffed to prosecute the crimes that our law enforcement
professionals so effectively investigate.

It is time for Gov. Jim Doyle and the Legislature to make all aspects
of public safety a priority. Our prosecutors are overworked,
overburdened, under-appreciated, and underpaid. They deserve better.
Our community deserves better.

Let's make it happen. Call your legislator and the governor and ask
them to make funding this office a top priority.

Scott Favour

President Madison Professional Police Officer's Association