Denita R. Ball
Democratic · WI · Milwaukee County Sheriff
Denita R. Ball is Milwaukee County Sheriff, elected in 2022 after serving as chief deputy and 25 years with the Milwaukee Police Department, retiring as deputy inspector. She backs jail education and recovery programming and staff mental-health resources.
Where Denita R. Ball stands, based on their records
Supports
Public Safety and Crime Control (3 records), Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Data Privacy (1 record),
Track record
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 3 support
Ball requested an audit of the Milwaukee County Jail as part of her response to jail operations and deaths in custody.
April 14, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: milwaukeecourier.com
After deaths in the county jail, Ball's office reported implementing 18 policy changes, most concerning suicide-watch practices.
June 16, 2025Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: fox6now.com
Ball created and commanded a roughly 200-officer Neighborhood Task Force that the official county biography credits with double-digit crime decreases.
January 1, 2011Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: county.milwaukee.gov
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
After deaths in the county jail, Ball's office reported implementing 18 policy changes, most concerning suicide-watch practices.
June 16, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: fox6now.com
Track record — Data Privacy
Data Privacy · 1 support
Ball ended the sheriff's office's pursuit of facial-recognition technology after community and elected-official concerns about privacy and civil rights.
February 27, 2026Supports Data Privacy
Source: urbanmilwaukee.com
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Ball ended the sheriff's office's pursuit of facial-recognition technology after community and elected-official concerns about privacy and civil rights.
February 27, 2026Supports Civil Rights
Source: urbanmilwaukee.com
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Ball was elected Milwaukee County's 66th sheriff on November 8, 2022.
November 8, 2022
Source: county.milwaukee.gov
Ball served as chief deputy and undersheriff of the Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office beginning in 2019 before becoming sheriff.
January 1, 2019
Source: county.milwaukee.gov
Ball served for 25 years in the Milwaukee Police Department and retired at the rank of deputy inspector.
January 1, 2011
Source: county.milwaukee.gov
Ball commanded Milwaukee Police Department District Four, Internal Affairs, and the Sensitive Crimes Division.
January 1, 2011
Source: county.milwaukee.gov
Past race Denita R. Ball ran in:
- Milwaukee County Sheriff · November 3, 2026 · Milwaukee County, Wisconsin · incumbent