Following the slide across the country, the total number of law enforcement officers in Wisconsin continues to decline to record lows. The number of officers in Wisconsin fell again to less than 13,000 in 2023, according to data from the Wisconsin Department of Justice. That’s the lowest number of officers in the state since at least 2008, when the state DOJ started keeping track. That year, the total number of officers in the state sat at nearly 14,500. The number has been sinking since at least then.
