To the editor:

For the past several months, I have been getting asked numerous times who I’m voting for to be our next Sheriff. What is my answer? Jason Seidl is my answer. Why? I have an insider’s knowledge of both candidates. I have been employed with the Brown County Sheriffs Office for the past 25 years. I have worked as a dispatcher, jailer, and I’m currently employed as a Sergeant under Sheriff Hoffmann’s command. I’ve worked with both candidates throughout my 25 plus year career. I have worked with three different Sheriffs in my career so I have seen several different styles of leadership. As a supervisor, I get to personally see what Sheriff Hoffmann and Chief Deputy Seidl deal with on a daily and yearly basis. I’ve seen that it takes more than one person to run the Sheriffs Office.

Over the years, Sheriff Hoffmann and Chief Deputy Seidl have dealt with situations that attract Local State, and National attention. I feel Jason Seidl has gained a considerable amount of valuable experience and has a very strong understanding of what it takes to efficiently run a Sheriffs Office. Sheriff Hoffmann and Jason Seidl have been doing this now together for the past 11 years. That’s 11 years of experience of running a Sheriffs Office and not hypothetically stating this is what I intend to do. Jason came into his current position as Chief Deputy with many years of experience from working inside our jail and also a prison so he has a very strong understanding of what it takes to run a jail.

I recommend people vote for a person that already knows the internal workings of running a Sheriffs Office and will know what to do when the position of Sheriff changes hands.

Ron Bentz

Brown County Sheriffs Office Sgt.