WISCONSIN POLICE ACADEMY PHASE 1
CORE BASIC TRAINING AND LEGAL
PRINCIPLES REVIEW 2026
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in
the Wisconsin Court System?
Answer: Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court
System?
Answer: 1. Supreme Court
2. Court of Appeals
3. Circuit Courts
4. Municipal Courts
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) Most Appeals Court cases are decided by a
___ -judge panel.
Answer: 3
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court?
Answer: No. They rely on the circuit court record and the written
briefs of the litigants to make their decisions
,◉ (Agency Policy) What are the mandatory policies for Wisconsin
Law Enforcement agencies?
Answer: - 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)]
◉ (Agency Policy) What are the policies for Wisconsin Law
Enforcement agencies that are required under certain conditions?
Answer: - 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)]
◉ (Agency Policy) What is a discretionary policy?
,Answer: You have some choices about how you will complete a task,
includes words such as may and should.
◉ (Agency Policy) What is a ministerial policy?
Answer: Tasks you must perform, you have no choice, includes
words such as will and shall.
◉ (Agency Policy) What do policies and procedures provide in law
enforcement?
Answer: 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.
◉ (Agency Policy) What is a policy statement?
Answer: It is what is to be done in relation to a particular issue.
Reflects philosophy
◉ (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?
Answer: §895.46
, ◉ (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?
Answer: No
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights?
Answer: We are an extension of the judicial system which tries laws
and protects individual rights (ex: right to property and right to
defend oneself)
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution
created circuit courts to serve as Wisconsin trial courts?
Answer: Article VII
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution
authorized the creation of municipal courts?
Answer: Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution
defines the term "Law Enforcement Officer"
Answer: 165.85 (2)(C)
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution?
CORE BASIC TRAINING AND LEGAL
PRINCIPLES REVIEW 2026
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in
the Wisconsin Court System?
Answer: Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court
System?
Answer: 1. Supreme Court
2. Court of Appeals
3. Circuit Courts
4. Municipal Courts
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) Most Appeals Court cases are decided by a
___ -judge panel.
Answer: 3
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court?
Answer: No. They rely on the circuit court record and the written
briefs of the litigants to make their decisions
,◉ (Agency Policy) What are the mandatory policies for Wisconsin
Law Enforcement agencies?
Answer: - 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)]
◉ (Agency Policy) What are the policies for Wisconsin Law
Enforcement agencies that are required under certain conditions?
Answer: - 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)]
◉ (Agency Policy) What is a discretionary policy?
,Answer: You have some choices about how you will complete a task,
includes words such as may and should.
◉ (Agency Policy) What is a ministerial policy?
Answer: Tasks you must perform, you have no choice, includes
words such as will and shall.
◉ (Agency Policy) What do policies and procedures provide in law
enforcement?
Answer: 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.
◉ (Agency Policy) What is a policy statement?
Answer: It is what is to be done in relation to a particular issue.
Reflects philosophy
◉ (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?
Answer: §895.46
, ◉ (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?
Answer: No
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights?
Answer: We are an extension of the judicial system which tries laws
and protects individual rights (ex: right to property and right to
defend oneself)
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution
created circuit courts to serve as Wisconsin trial courts?
Answer: Article VII
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution
authorized the creation of municipal courts?
Answer: Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution
defines the term "Law Enforcement Officer"
Answer: 165.85 (2)(C)
◉ (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution?
