BELLEVUE, WI (WTAQ) — The Brown County Sheriff’s Office will not respond to complaints about people refusing to wear facemasks.
Sheriff Todd Delain announced the move on Friday.
The sheriff’s office will respond to businesses who want people removed from their property for failing to abide by the mandate, but Delain says otherwise, it will not be enforced.
“We anticipate that these circumstances will be rare, but enforcement is necessary under these circumstances because they are situations where a disturbance may be likely,” the a press release sent Friday reads. “In those situations, our focus is not on the face covering order itself, but rather the fact that the individual is not wanted in a particular place, that the individual has been asked to leave and has not complied with the request of the person in control of that premise.”
Delain adds that the Governor’s office has not made it clear who is primarily responsible for the enforcement of the face covering rule, which goes into effect on Saturday.
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