I know the Dallas DA's office has been wrestling with their commissioners over job cuts. Anyone else having similar problems?

DAs feel state budget cuts, worry about possible layoffs

By Bruce Vielmetti of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Posted: Jan. 25, 2010

Crime might be down, but anxiety is definitely up among Wisconsin's prosecutors.

In light of the state's budget crunch, an unspecified number of assistant district attorneys face layoffs. Neither they nor their elected bosses know which counties could be affected or when. They do know the layoffs would hurt offices already straining to keep up with caseloads.

In frustration over the process, Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco announced Monday that his office had made contingent plans: It no longer would prosecute several types of misdemeanors, about 1,200 a year, if his office loses one of his six full-time assistants.

"The irresponsible fiscal policies of the State, and its refusal to address a critical shortage of needed prosecutors around the state over the last decade, have led to this dire consequence," he said in a news release.

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