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Phase 1 Wisconsin Police Academy
Questions and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Name of the person filling an appeal
ANS 🗹🗹: Appellate
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) The name of the party that opposes the appeal
ANS 🗹🗹: Respondent
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the Wisconsin Supreme Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: 7
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the U.S. Supreme Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: 9
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What does a warrant command?
ANS 🗹🗹: The defendant be arrested and brought before the court
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What does a summons command?
ANS 🗹🗹: Orders the defendant to appear before the court on a certain date and
time
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) The court system is the ______ branch of government in
Wisconsin.
ANS 🗹🗹: Third
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Supreme
Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: 10 years
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Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many courts of appeals are in Wisconsin Court System?
Where are they?
ANS 🗹🗹: 4 districts in Madison, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Wausau
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Circuit
Courts?
ANS 🗹🗹: 6 years
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of circuit courts in the Wisconsin Court
System?
ANS 🗹🗹: Trial courts with jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in the Wisconsin
Court System?
ANS 🗹🗹: Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court System?
ANS 🗹🗹: 1. Supreme Court
2. Court of Appeals
3. Circuit Courts
4. Municipal Courts
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Most Appeals Court cases are decided by a ___ -judge panel.
ANS 🗹🗹: 3
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: No. They rely on the circuit court record and the written briefs of the
litigants to make their decisions
Q: (Agency Policy) What are the mandatory policies for Wisconsin Law Enforcement
agencies?
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ANS 🗹🗹: - Use of Force [§66.0511(2)]
- Citizen Complaint [§66.0511.(3)]
- High Speed Pursuit [§346.03(6)]
- Open Records [§19.34(1)]
- Domestic Abuse [§968.075(3)]
- Expander of Jurisdiction [§175.40(6)(d) and § 175.40 (6m)]
- Reporting Abuse [§48.981(3)(b)3)]
- Eyewitness Identification [§175.50(2)]
Q: (Agency Policy) What are the policies for Wisconsin Law Enforcement agencies that
are required under certain conditions?
ANS 🗹🗹: - Privacy in Locker Rooms [§175.22]
- Police Escorts [§346.215]
- Crime Victims' Rights [§950.08]
- Disposition of Public Records [§19.21(4), (5)]
- Emergency Detention [§51.15(11m)]
Q: (Agency Policy) What is a discretionary policy?
ANS 🗹🗹: You have some choices about how you will complete a task, includes
words such as may and should.
Q: (Agency Policy) What is a ministerial policy?
ANS 🗹🗹: Tasks you must perform, you have no choice, includes words such as will
and shall.
Q: (Agency Policy) What do policies and procedures provide in law enforcement?
ANS 🗹🗹: Written documents that set forth the expectations for employees in
regard to what is to be done in a broad range of common, foreseeable situations.
Q: (Agency Policy) What is a policy statement?
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ANS 🗹🗹: It is what is to be done in relation to a particular issue. Reflects
philosophy
Q: (Agency Policy) What Wisconsin State law protects you in the event of a civil lawsuit
from having to pay your own attorney fees or from paying damages if there is a finding of
liability?
ANS 🗹🗹: §895.46
Q: (Agency Policy) Does Wisc. Stats. §895.46 protects you if you clearly act outside of
the scope of your authority or are charged with a criminal offense?
ANS 🗹🗹: No
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights?
ANS 🗹🗹: We are an extension of the judicial system which tries laws and protects
individual rights (ex: right to property and right to defend oneself)
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution created circuit
courts to serve as Wisconsin trial courts?
ANS 🗹🗹: Article VII
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution authorized the
creation of municipal courts?
ANS 🗹🗹: Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution defines the term
"Law Enforcement Officer"
ANS 🗹🗹: 165.85 (2)(C)
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
ANS 🗹🗹: Allows individual states to make laws that prohibit or punish acts.
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What jurisdiction do Municipal Courts have?
ANS 🗹🗹: They have jurisdiction over ordinance violations and non-criminal traffic
violations.
Phase 1 Wisconsin Police Academy
Questions and Answers (Expert Solutions)
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Name of the person filling an appeal
ANS 🗹🗹: Appellate
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) The name of the party that opposes the appeal
ANS 🗹🗹: Respondent
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the Wisconsin Supreme Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: 7
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the U.S. Supreme Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: 9
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What does a warrant command?
ANS 🗹🗹: The defendant be arrested and brought before the court
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What does a summons command?
ANS 🗹🗹: Orders the defendant to appear before the court on a certain date and
time
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) The court system is the ______ branch of government in
Wisconsin.
ANS 🗹🗹: Third
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Supreme
Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: 10 years
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Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many courts of appeals are in Wisconsin Court System?
Where are they?
ANS 🗹🗹: 4 districts in Madison, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Wausau
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Circuit
Courts?
ANS 🗹🗹: 6 years
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of circuit courts in the Wisconsin Court
System?
ANS 🗹🗹: Trial courts with jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in the Wisconsin
Court System?
ANS 🗹🗹: Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court System?
ANS 🗹🗹: 1. Supreme Court
2. Court of Appeals
3. Circuit Courts
4. Municipal Courts
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Most Appeals Court cases are decided by a ___ -judge panel.
ANS 🗹🗹: 3
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court?
ANS 🗹🗹: No. They rely on the circuit court record and the written briefs of the
litigants to make their decisions
Q: (Agency Policy) What are the mandatory policies for Wisconsin Law Enforcement
agencies?
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ANS 🗹🗹: - Use of Force [§66.0511(2)]
- Citizen Complaint [§66.0511.(3)]
- High Speed Pursuit [§346.03(6)]
- Open Records [§19.34(1)]
- Domestic Abuse [§968.075(3)]
- Expander of Jurisdiction [§175.40(6)(d) and § 175.40 (6m)]
- Reporting Abuse [§48.981(3)(b)3)]
- Eyewitness Identification [§175.50(2)]
Q: (Agency Policy) What are the policies for Wisconsin Law Enforcement agencies that
are required under certain conditions?
ANS 🗹🗹: - Privacy in Locker Rooms [§175.22]
- Police Escorts [§346.215]
- Crime Victims' Rights [§950.08]
- Disposition of Public Records [§19.21(4), (5)]
- Emergency Detention [§51.15(11m)]
Q: (Agency Policy) What is a discretionary policy?
ANS 🗹🗹: You have some choices about how you will complete a task, includes
words such as may and should.
Q: (Agency Policy) What is a ministerial policy?
ANS 🗹🗹: Tasks you must perform, you have no choice, includes words such as will
and shall.
Q: (Agency Policy) What do policies and procedures provide in law enforcement?
ANS 🗹🗹: Written documents that set forth the expectations for employees in
regard to what is to be done in a broad range of common, foreseeable situations.
Q: (Agency Policy) What is a policy statement?
, Page | 4
ANS 🗹🗹: It is what is to be done in relation to a particular issue. Reflects
philosophy
Q: (Agency Policy) What Wisconsin State law protects you in the event of a civil lawsuit
from having to pay your own attorney fees or from paying damages if there is a finding of
liability?
ANS 🗹🗹: §895.46
Q: (Agency Policy) Does Wisc. Stats. §895.46 protects you if you clearly act outside of
the scope of your authority or are charged with a criminal offense?
ANS 🗹🗹: No
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights?
ANS 🗹🗹: We are an extension of the judicial system which tries laws and protects
individual rights (ex: right to property and right to defend oneself)
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution created circuit
courts to serve as Wisconsin trial courts?
ANS 🗹🗹: Article VII
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution authorized the
creation of municipal courts?
ANS 🗹🗹: Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution defines the term
"Law Enforcement Officer"
ANS 🗹🗹: 165.85 (2)(C)
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution?
ANS 🗹🗹: Allows individual states to make laws that prohibit or punish acts.
Q: (Fundamentals of CJ) What jurisdiction do Municipal Courts have?
ANS 🗹🗹: They have jurisdiction over ordinance violations and non-criminal traffic
violations.
