165.83(2)(i)
(i) Offer assistance and, when practicable, instructions to all local and tribal law enforcement agencies in establishing efficient local and tribal bureaus of identification and records systems.
165.83(2)(j)
(j) Compare the fingerprints and descriptions that are received from law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies with the fingerprints and descriptions already on file and, if the person arrested or taken into custody is a fugitive from justice or has a criminal record, immediately notify the law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies concerned and supply copies of the criminal record to these agencies.
165.83(2)(k)
(k) Make available all statistical information obtained to the governor and the legislature.
165.83(2)(m)
(m) Prepare and publish reports and releases, at least once a year, containing the statistical information gathered under this section and presenting an accurate picture of the operation of the agencies of criminal justice.
165.83(2)(n)
(n) Make available upon request, to all local, state and tribal law enforcement agencies in this state, to all federal law enforcement and criminal identification agencies, and to state law enforcement and criminal identification agencies in other states, any information in the law enforcement files of the department which will aid these agencies in the performance of their official duties. For this purpose the department shall operate on a 24-hour a day basis, 7 days a week. The information may also be made available to any other agency of this state or political subdivision of this state, and to any other federal agency, upon assurance by the agency concerned that the information is to be used for official purposes only.
165.83(2)(p)
(p) Cooperate with other agencies of this state, tribal law enforcement agencies and the national crime information center systems of the F.B.I. in developing and conducting an interstate, national and international system of criminal identification, records and statistics.
165.83 Note
NOTE: 1993 Wis. Act 407, which creates sub. (1) (d) to (g) and amends sub. (2), contains extensive explanatory notes.
165.83 Annotation
Pursuant to sub. (2), identification records should be made by local law enforcement agencies of juveniles arrested or taken into custody for confidential reporting to the department of justice. 62 Atty. Gen. 45.
165.84
165.84
Cooperation in criminal identification, records and statistics. 165.84(1)(1)
All persons in charge of law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies shall obtain, or cause to be obtained, the fingerprints in duplicate, according to the fingerprint system of identification established by the director of the F.B.I., full face, profile and full length photographs, and other available identifying data, of each person arrested or taken into custody for an offense of a type designated in s.
165.83 (2) (a), of all persons arrested or taken into custody as fugitives from justice, and fingerprints in duplicate and other identifying data of all unidentified human corpses in their jurisdictions, but photographs need not be taken if it is known that photographs of the type listed, taken within the previous year, are on file at the department. Fingerprints and other identifying data of persons arrested or taken into custody for offenses other than those designated in s.
165.83 (2) (a) may be taken at the discretion of the law enforcement or tribal law enforcement agency concerned. Any person arrested or taken into custody and subsequently released without charge, or cleared of the offense through court proceedings, shall have any fingerprint record taken in connection therewith returned upon request.
165.84(2)
(2) Fingerprints and other identifying data required to be taken under sub.
(1) shall be forwarded to the department within 24 hours after taking for filing and classification, but the period of 24 hours may be extended to cover any intervening holiday or weekend. Photographs taken shall be forwarded at the discretion of the law enforcement or tribal law enforcement agency concerned, but, if not forwarded, the fingerprint record shall be marked “Photo available" and the photographs shall be forwarded subsequently if the department so requests.
165.84(3)
(3) All persons in charge of law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies shall forward to the department copies or detailed descriptions of the arrest warrants and the identifying data described in s.
165.83 (2) (e) immediately upon determination of the fact that the warrant cannot be served for the reasons stated. If the warrant is subsequently served or withdrawn, the law enforcement or tribal law enforcement agency concerned must immediately notify the department of the service or withdrawal. In any case, the law enforcement or tribal law enforcement agency concerned must annually, no later than January 31 of each year, confirm to the department all arrest warrants of this type which continue to be outstanding.
165.84(4)
(4) All persons in charge of state penal and correctional institutions shall obtain fingerprints, according to the fingerprint system of identification established by the director of the F.B.I., and full face and profile photographs of all persons received on commitment to these institutions. The prints and photographs so taken shall be forwarded to the department, together with any other identifying data requested, within 10 days after the arrival at the institution of the person committed. Full length photographs in release dress shall be taken immediately prior to the release of these persons from these institutions. Immediately after release, these photographs shall be forwarded to the department.
165.84(5)
(5) All persons in charge of law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies, all clerks of court, all municipal judges where they have no clerks, all persons in charge of state and county penal and correctional institutions, and all persons in charge of state and county probation, extended supervision and parole offices, shall supply the department with the information described in s.
165.83 (2) (f) on the basis of the forms and instructions to be supplied by the department under s.
165.83 (2) (g).
165.84(6)
(6) All persons in charge of law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies in this state shall furnish the department with any other identifying data required in accordance with guidelines established by the department. All law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies and penal and correctional institutions in this state having criminal identification files shall cooperate in providing to the department copies of such items in these files as will aid in establishing the nucleus of the state criminal identification file.
165.84(7)(ab)(ab) In this subsection, “violent crime" means any of the following:
165.84(7)(ab)1.
1. A felony violation of s.
940.01,
940.05,
940.21,
940.225 (1),
(2), or
(3),
940.235,
940.30,
940.302 (2),
940.305,
940.31,
940.32 (2),
(2e), or
(2m),
940.43,
940.45,
941.20,
941.21,
941.327,
943.02,
943.06,
943.10,
943.23 (1g) or
(2),
943.32,
948.02 (1) or
(2),
948.025,
948.03 (2) (a) or
(c) or
(5) (a) 1.,
2.,
3., or
4.,
948.05,
948.051,
948.055,
948.07,
948.08,
948.085,
948.095, or
948.30 (2).
165.84(7)(ab)2.
2. A felony violation of s.
940.02,
940.03,
940.06,
940.07,
940.08,
940.09 (1c),
940.10,
940.19 (2),
(4),
(5), or
(6),
940.195 (2),
(4),
(5), or
(6),
940.20,
940.201 (2),
940.203 (2),
940.205 (2),
940.207 (2),
940.208,
940.23,
941.30, or
948.03 (3) or
(5) (a) 4. 165.84(7)(ah)
(ah) Subject to rules promulgated by the department of justice under s.
165.76 (4), all persons in charge of law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies shall obtain, when the individual's fingerprints or other identifying data are obtained, a biological specimen for deoxyribonucleic acid analysis from each individual arrested for a violent crime and each individual taken into custody for a juvenile offense that would be a violent crime if committed by an adult in this state. The law enforcement agency shall submit the biological specimen to the crime laboratories in a manner specified in the rules under s.
165.76 (4).
165.84(7)(am)
(am) After receiving an individual's specimen submitted under par.
(ah), the crime laboratories shall do one of the following:
165.84(7)(am)1m.
1m. If, within the time limit under subd.
2m., the court notifies the crime laboratories under par.
(bm) that any of the following applies, analyze the deoxyribonucleic acid in the specimen and include the individual's deoxyribonucleic acid profile in the data bank under s.
165.77 (3):
165.84(7)(am)1m.a.
a. The individual was arrested, or the juvenile was taken into custody, under a warrant.
165.84(7)(am)1m.b.
b. The court has made a finding that there is probable cause that the individual committed a violent crime or that the juvenile committed an offense that would be a violent crime if committed by an adult in this state.
165.84(7)(am)1m.c.
c. The individual failed to appear at the initial appearance or preliminary examination or the person waived the preliminary examination.
165.84(7)(am)2m.
2m. If, one year after the date the biological sample was submitted under par.
(ah), the court has not notified the crime laboratories under par.
(bm) that subd.
1m. a.,
b.,
c., or
d. applies to the individual, destroy the biological sample.
165.84(7)(c)1.1. No biological specimen obtained under par.
(ah) may be subject to analysis except by the crime laboratories as provided under s.
165.77.
165.84(7)(c)2.
2. Biological specimens obtained under this section may be used only as provided under s.
165.77.
165.845
165.845
Collect crime data. 165.845(1)(a)
(a) Collect information concerning the number and nature of offenses known to have been committed in this state and such other information as may be useful in the study of crime and the administration of justice. The department of justice may determine any other information to be obtained regarding crime and justice system statistics. The information shall include data requested by the federal bureau of investigation under its system of uniform crime reports for the United States.
165.845(1)(b)
(b) Furnish all reporting officials with forms or instructions or both that specify the nature of the information required under par.
(a), the time it is to be forwarded, the method of classifying and any other matters that facilitate collection and compilation.
165.845(1)(c)
(c) Maintain a statistical analysis center to serve as a clearing house of justice system data and information and conduct justice system research and data analysis under this section.
165.845(2)
(2) All persons in charge of law enforcement agencies and other criminal and juvenile justice system agencies shall supply the department of justice with the information described in sub.
(1) (a) on the basis of the forms or instructions or both to be supplied by the department under sub.
(1) (a). The department may conduct an audit to determine the accuracy of the data and other information it receives from law enforcement agencies and other criminal and juvenile justice system agencies.
165.845 History
History: 2013 a. 20 ss.
168 to
170,
172,
1938,
1939.
165.85
165.85
Law enforcement standards board. 165.85(1)(1)
Findings and policy. The legislature finds that the administration of criminal justice is of statewide concern, and that law enforcement work is of vital importance to the health, safety, and welfare of the people of this state and is of such a nature as to require training, education, and the establishment of standards of a proper professional character. The public interest requires that these standards be established and that this training and education be made available to persons who seek to become law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or juvenile detention officers, persons who are serving as these officers in a temporary or probationary capacity, and persons already in regular service.
165.85(2)(ah)
(ah) “Board" means the law enforcement standards board.
165.85(2)(bg)
(bg) “Jail" means a county jail, rehabilitation facility established by s.
59.53 (8) or county house of correction under s.
303.16.
165.85(2)(bn)
(bn) “Jail officer" means any person employed by any political subdivision of the state for the purpose of supervising, controlling or maintaining a jail or the persons confined in a jail. “Jail officer" includes officers regardless of whether they have been sworn regarding their duties or whether they serve on a full-time basis.
165.85(2)(bt)
(bt) “Juvenile detention officer" means any person employed by any political subdivision of the state or by any private entity contracting under s.
938.222 to supervise, control, or maintain a juvenile detention facility or the persons confined in a juvenile detention facility. “Juvenile detention officer" includes officers regardless of whether they have been sworn regarding their duties or whether they serve on a full-time basis.
165.85(2)(bv)
(bv) “Law enforcement agency" means a governmental unit of this state or a political subdivision of this state that employs one or more law enforcement officers.
165.85(2)(bx)
(bx) “Law enforcement instructor" means a person who is certified by the board to deliver board-approved program outcomes, course competencies, performance standards, and learning objectives in training programs and training schools for law enforcement officers, tribal law enforcement officers, jail officers, and juvenile detention officers.
165.85(2)(c)
(c) “Law enforcement officer" means any person employed by the state or any political subdivision of the state, for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing laws or ordinances and who is authorized to make arrests for violations of the laws or ordinances that the person is employed to enforce. “Law enforcement officer" includes a university police officer, as defined in s.
175.42 (1) (b).
165.85(2)(d)
(d) “Political subdivision" means counties, cities, villages, towns, town sanitary districts, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation districts, and technical college districts.
165.85(2)(e)
(e) “Preservice student" means any person who meets the minimum recruitment qualifications set by the board and who enrolls in preparatory training under sub.
(4) (a) 1.,
(b) 1., or
(c) 1. prior to employment as a law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, jail officer, or juvenile detention officer.
165.85(2)(f)
(f) “Recruit" means a law enforcement officer, tribal law enforcement officer, jail officer, or juvenile detention officer employed on a probationary or temporary basis, in compliance with the minimum recruitment qualifications set by the board.
165.85(2)(g)
(g) “Tribal law enforcement officer" means any of the following:
165.85(2)(g)1.
1. A person who is employed by a tribe for the purpose of detecting and preventing crime and enforcing the tribe's laws or ordinances, who is authorized by the tribe to make arrests of Indian persons for violations of the tribe's laws or ordinances, and who agrees to accept the duties of law enforcement officers under the laws of this state.
165.85(2)(g)2.
2. A conservation warden employed by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission who agrees to accept the duties of law enforcement officers under the laws of this state.
165.85(3)(a)
(a) Promulgate rules for the administration of this section including the authority to require the submission of reports and information pertaining to the administration of this section by law enforcement and tribal law enforcement agencies in this state.
165.85(3)(b)
(b) Establish minimum educational and training standards for admission to employment as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer in permanent positions and in temporary, probationary or part-time status. Educational and training standards for tribal law enforcement officers under this paragraph shall be identical to standards for other law enforcement officers.
165.85(3)(c)
(c) Except as provided under sub.
(3m) (a), certify persons as being qualified under this section to be law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or juvenile detention officers. Prior to being certified under this paragraph, a tribal law enforcement officer shall agree to accept the duties of law enforcement officers under the laws of this state.
165.85(3)(cm)
(cm) Decertify law enforcement, tribal law enforcement, jail or juvenile detention officers who terminate employment or are terminated, who violate or fail to comply with a rule, policy, or order of the board relating to curriculum or training, who falsify information to obtain or maintain certified status, who are certified as the result of an administrative error, who are convicted of a felony or of any offense that, if committed in Wisconsin, could be punished as a felony, who are convicted of a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence, or who fail to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses, or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse, or who fail to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings. The board shall establish procedures for decertification in compliance with ch.
227, except that decertification for failure to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses, or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or for failure to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings shall be done as provided under sub.
(3m) (a).
165.85(3)(d)
(d) Establish minimum curriculum requirements for preparatory courses and programs, and recommend minimum curriculum requirements for recertification and advanced courses and programs, in schools approved by the board and operated by or for this state or any political subdivision of the state for the specific purpose of training law enforcement recruits, law enforcement officers, tribal law enforcement recruits, tribal law enforcement officers, jail officer recruits, jail officers, juvenile detention officer recruits, or juvenile detention officers in areas of knowledge and ability necessary to the attainment of effective performance as an officer, and ranging from subjects such as first aid, patrolling, statutory authority, techniques of arrest, protocols for official action by off-duty officers, firearms, domestic violence investigations, and recording custodial interrogations to subjects designed to provide a better understanding of ever-increasing complex problems in law enforcement such as human relations, civil rights, constitutional law, and supervision, control, and maintenance of a jail or juvenile detention facility. The board shall appoint a curriculum advisory committee to advise the board in the establishment of the curriculum requirements. The curriculum advisory committee shall consist of 6 chiefs of police and 6 sheriffs to be appointed on a geographic basis, the director of training of the Wisconsin state patrol, and, if applicable, one or more representatives of colleges or universities as follows:
165.85(3)(d)1.
1. If any technical college in the state provides a course or program described in this paragraph, the board shall appoint to the curriculum advisory committee one person to represent technical colleges.
165.85(3)(d)2.
2. If any 2-year college in the state provides a course or program described in this paragraph, the board shall appoint to the curriculum advisory committee one person to represent 2-year colleges.
165.85(3)(d)3.
3. If any 4-year college or university in the state provides a course or program described in this paragraph, the board shall appoint to the curriculum advisory committee one person to represent 4-year colleges and universities.
165.85(3)(e)
(e) Consult and cooperate with counties, municipalities, agencies of this state, other governmental agencies and with universities, colleges, the technical college system board and other institutions concerning the development of law enforcement training schools, degree programs or specialized courses of instruction.
165.85(3)(g)
(g) Conduct and stimulate research which is designed to improve law enforcement administration and performance.
165.85(3)(h)
(h) Make recommendations concerning any matter within its purview.
165.85(3)(i)
(i) Make such evaluations as are necessary to determine if participating governmental units are complying with this section.
165.85(3)(j)
(j) Adopt rules under ch.
227 for its internal management, control and administration.
165.85(3m)
(3m) Duties relating to support enforcement. The board shall do all of the following:
165.85(3m)(a)
(a) As provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into with the department of children and families under s.
49.857, refuse certification to an individual who applies for certification under this section, refuse recertification to an individual certified under this section or decertify an individual certified under this section if the individual fails to pay court-ordered payments of child or family support, maintenance, birth expenses, medical expenses or other expenses related to the support of a child or former spouse or if the individual fails to comply, after appropriate notice, with a subpoena or warrant issued by the department of children and families or a county child support agency under s.
59.53 (5) and related to paternity or child support proceedings.
165.85(3m)(b)1.1. Request that an individual provide the board with his or her social security number when he or she applies for certification or recertification under this section. Except as provided in subd.
2., if an individual who is requested by the board to provide his or her social security number under this paragraph does not comply with the board's request, the board shall deny the individual's application for certification or recertification. The board may disclose a social security number provided by an individual under this paragraph only to the department of children and families as provided in a memorandum of understanding entered into with the department of children and families under s.
49.857.
165.85(3m)(b)2.
2. As a condition of applying for certification or recertification, an individual who does not have a social security number shall submit a statement made or subscribed under oath or affirmation to the board that he or she does not have a social security number. The form of the statement shall be prescribed by the department of children and families. A certification or recertification issued in reliance on a false statement submitted under this subdivision is invalid.
165.85(4)(a)
(a)
Law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officers. 165.85(4)(a)1.
1. The board shall establish a preparatory program of law enforcement and tribal law enforcement officer training, which shall include not less than 600 hours of training. The board shall establish criteria for the general program outcomes for the preparatory program. Specifics of the training curriculum, competencies, student learning and performance objectives, particular subjects, and the minimum number of hours for each subject shall be established by written policy of the board. In establishing the preparatory training program, the board shall give due consideration to recommendations made by the curriculum advisory committee. The board may amend the criteria and policies governing the preparatory training program as needed to respond to technological changes affecting law enforcement, additional recommendations made by the curriculum advisory committee, or other conditions affecting the public interest in maintaining training standards of a proper professional character. Notwithstanding s.
227.10 (1), the criteria and policies established under this paragraph need not be promulgated as rules under ch.
227.
165.85(4)(a)2.
2. Except as provided in subd.
3. or
8., no person may be employed as a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer, except on a temporary or probationary basis, unless the person has satisfactorily completed the preparatory training program established under subd.
1. and has been certified by the board as being qualified to be a law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer.
165.85(4)(a)3.
3. A recruit may exercise law enforcement powers during an original period of temporary or probationary employment that, except as provided in subd.
6. or as otherwise authorized by law, may not exceed 12 months from the recruit's first date of employment.
165.85(4)(a)3h.
3h. A person may be certified by the board under subd.
2. only if the person has successfully completed the preparatory program established under subd.
1. within the person's original period of temporary or probationary employment established in subd.
3. 165.85(4)(a)3m.
3m. Except as provided in sub.
(3m) (a), and in addition to certification procedures under this paragraph, the board may certify any person as being a tribal law enforcement officer on the basis of the person's completion of the training requirements for law enforcement officer certification prior to May 6, 1994. The officer must also meet the agreement requirements under sub.
(3) (c) prior to certification as a tribal law enforcement officer.
165.85(4)(a)4.
4. Preservice students taking part in the preparatory program of law enforcement or tribal law enforcement officer training established by the board under subd.
1. shall be fingerprinted on 2 fingerprint cards, each bearing a complete set of the student's fingerprints, or by other technologies approved by the department of justice. The fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of justice for verification of the identify of the person fingerprinted and to obtain records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions in Wisconsin. The department of justice shall provide for the submission of the fingerprint cards or fingerprints by other technologies to the federal bureau of investigation for the purpose of verifying the person fingerprinted and obtaining records of his or her criminal arrests and convictions on file with the federal bureau of investigation.
