Claim: "I had to lay off 48 people last year," which has exacerbated the lack of law enforcement officers in the county that respond quickly to crime calls.
Fact-check: Calling on citizens to get gun training, Milwaukee County sheriff says response to crime calls slowed by layoffs
Verdict: barely-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Tom Kertscher
Date published: 2013-01-31T00:00:00