David Mahoney is currently serving his second term as Dane County Sheriff. He was first elected in November 2006 to become the 52nd Dane County Sheriff.
David has been a professional law enforcement officer for 31 years. Thirty years of his law enforcement career have been with the Dane County Sheriff’s Office where he worked in Security Services, Support Services, and Field Services as a Detective charged with the investigation of Narcotics, Homicide, Domestic Violence, and Crimes against Children. Before joining the Sheriff’s Office, David worked for a short time for the Village of Cross Plains Police Department and City of Middleton Police Department.
David has extensive experience in labor management having served twelve years as a local, state, and national labor executive officer.
David has a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Mount Senario College in Ladysmith, Wisconsin.
David is a graduate of the 92nd National Sheriff’s Institute Executive Level Management Course sponsored by the National Sheriff’s Association and National Institute of Corrections, Longmont, Colorado.
David is a graduate of the 234th Session of the FBI National Academy for Executive Management sponsored by the US Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Quantico, Virginia.
David is a graduate of the Leadership in Police Organizations Course sponsored by the International Chief’s of Police, Center for Police Leadership, hosted in Madison, Wisconsin.
As Dane County Sheriff, David serves on several National, Statewide and Dane County committees, to include:
- National Sheriff’s Association Committee on Domestic Violence
- National Sheriff’s Association Committee on NSI, Education and Training
- National Sheriff’s Association Pegasus Information Sharing Committee
- Governor’s Council on Domestic Violence
- Governor’s Executive Council on Radio Interoperability
- Governor’s Joint Review Committee on Criminal Penalties
- Governor’s Council on Wisconsin Homeland Security
- WI Supreme Court Task Force on Mental Health and the Criminal Justice System
- WI Office of Justice Assistance (OJA) Regional Specialized Team Task-Force Executive Committee
- Dane County Enhanced Youth Gang Prevention Task-Force
- Dane County Taskforce on Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice
- Dane County Taskforce on Disproportionate Minority Confinement
- Dane County Taskforce on Immigration Issues
- United Way Delegation on Disconnected and Violent Youth
- United Way Delegation on Behavioral Health in Dane County
- Badger State Sheriff’s Association-Legislative Committee
David’s wife, Kathleen, works in the dental department at WEA Trust. David and Kathleen have two children. Patrick, a college student, and Sean, a student at Madison’s Edgewood High School.
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