The Dane County Sheriff's Office squad cars will don pink ribbons to spread awareness and show support for National Breast Cancer Awareness month today.
This is part of Justice for a Cure, which is the law enforcement's fundraiser to promote awareness and money for breast-cancer research.
Justice for the Cure originally started in 2007 as a way for the Sheriff's Office to show its support for women fighting breast cancer, spokesperson Elise Schaffer said in a statement.
Law officials will also be wearing the pink today.
""Sheriff's Office employees will be seen wearing pink, including Bailiffs in pink shirts and pink ties,"" Schaffer said in a statement. ""Deputies in uniform may wear the official pink ribbon.""
Additionally, Dane County's Chief Deputy Ron Boylan will join First Lady Jessica Doyle, Marilyn Bielema and others at the Capitol for a special proclamation as well as the placing of pink ribbons on squad cars today at noon.
Out of the money the Sheriff's Office raised locally, 75 percent will go towards funding education, screening, treatment and survivorship programs, according to a statement. The rest of the money raised will go to Susan G. Komen for the Cure grant programs to fund research.
""Nationally, Susan G. Komen for the Cure has granted over $2.5 million to breast cancer research programs at the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics,"" Schaffer said in a statement
