Chapter 175 — MISCELLANEOUS POLICE PROVISIONS

175.05 Sabotage. (1) DEFINITIONS. As used in this section: (a) “Highway” includes any private or public street, way or other place used for travel to or from property. (b) “Highway commissioners” mean any individuals, board or other body having authority under then existing law t…

175.09 Standard time. (1) The standard of time in this state shall be the solar time of the ninetieth meridian west of Greenwich, commonly known as central time, and no department of the state government, and no county, city, town or village shall employ any other time, or adopt …

175.095 Daylight saving time. (1) Notwithstanding s. 175.09 (1), the standard of time shall be as provided in sub. (2) during the period stated therein. (2) From 2 a.m. on the 2nd Sunday in March until 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in November of each year, the standard of time in t…

175.10 Sale to employees prohibited. (1) Except as provided in sub. (1m), no department or agency of the state or any political subdivision thereof, or member or officer of any village, town, or county board or common council of any city, or any purchasing agent or purchasing age…

175.15 Endurance contests; penalty. (1) No person, firm or corporation shall advertise, operate, maintain, attend, participate in, promote or aid in advertising, operating, maintaining or promoting any physical endurance contest, exhibition, performance, or show in the nature of …

175.20 Amusement places, license, regulation. (1) No person may conduct any dance to which the public is admitted, or conduct, establish or manage any public dance hall or pavilion, amusement park, carnival, concert, street fair, bathing beach or other like place of amusement in …

175.22 Policy on privacy in locker rooms. (1) In this section: (a) “Person” includes the state. (b) “Recording device” means a camera, a video recorder, or any other device that may be used to record or transfer images. (2) Any person that owns or operates a locker room in this s…

175.25 Storage of junked automobiles. (1) No person, firm, partnership or corporation shall accumulate or store any junked automobiles or parts thereof outside of any building on any real estate located within the corporate limits of any city, village or town except upon a permit…

175.30 Purchase of firearms in other states permitted. A resident of this state or a corporation or other business entity maintaining a place of business in this state may purchase or otherwise obtain a rifle or shotgun in a state other than this state if the transfer complies wi…

175.32 School violence. (1) In this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.77 (1) (b) and includes a tribal law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.83 (1) (e). (b) “Member of the clergy” has the meaning given in s. 48.981 (1) (cx). (c) “School”…

175.35 Purchase of handguns. (1) In this section: (ag) “Criminal history record” includes information reported to the department under s. 938.396 (2g) (n) that indicates a person was adjudicated delinquent for an act that if committed by an adult in this state would be a felony. …

175.37 Warning whenever transferring a firearm. (1) Upon the retail commercial sale or retail commercial transfer of any firearm, the seller or transferor shall provide to the buyer or transferee the following written warning in block letters not less than one-fourth inch in heig…

175.38 Enforcement of video gambling law. (1) In this section, “law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c) but does not include a special agent of the department of revenue. (2) Notwithstanding s. 945.041, no law enforcement officer may investigate violat…

175.40 Arrests; assistance. (1) In this section: (a) “Highway” has the meaning specified in s. 340.01 (22). (b) “Intersection” has the meaning specified in s. 340.01 (25). (bn) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning specified in s. 165.85 (2) (c). (c) “Peace officer” has the m…

175.403 Trespassing; arrest and removal. (1) In this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b). (b) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c). (2) By July 1, 2018, each law enforcement agency shall have a written p…

175.41 Arrest and assistance; wardens employed by the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. (1) In this section: (a) “Ceded territory” means the territory in Wisconsin ceded by the Chippewa Indians to the United States in the treaty of 1837, 7 Stat. 536, and the treaty…

175.42 Marquette University police department. (1) In this section: (a) “University” means Marquette University. (b) “University police officer” means an officer who is employed by the university police department, who has met the requirements of s. 165.85 (4) (a) 2. and 7. a., a…

175.44 Law enforcement use of force. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b). (b) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c) and includes a tactical emergency medical services professional…

175.46 Mutual aid agreements. (1) In this section: (a) “Border county” means any of the following: 1. Any Wisconsin county that has land that is within 5 miles from any land of a physically adjacent state, as measured, where applicable, by any land that is above the ordinary high…

175.47 Review of deaths involving officers. (1) In this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b). (b) “Law enforcement officer” has the meaning given in s. 165.85 (2) (c). (c) “Officer-involved death” means a death of an individual that res…

175.48 Law enforcement officer identification cards. (1) In this section, “Wisconsin law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 175.46 (1) (f). (2) If a Wisconsin law enforcement agency issues photographic identification cards to its officers, it may not require an offic…

175.49 Former law enforcement officers seeking to carry concealed weapons. (1) DEFINITIONS. In this section: (a) “Department” means the department of justice. (b) “Destructive device” has the meaning given in 18 USC 921 (a) (4). MISCELLANEOUS POLICE PROVISIONS 175.49 (c) “Firearm…

175.50 Eyewitness identification procedures. (1) In this section: (a) “Law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.83 (1) (b). (b) “Suspect” means a person suspected of committing a crime. (2) Each law enforcement agency shall adopt written policies for using an eyewi…

175.51 Reports of missing persons and veterans at risk and of hit-and-run incidents. (1m) (a) In this subsection, “person at risk” means one of the following: 1. An adult who has a developmental disability, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease or dementia, or who suffers from or …

175.55 Use of drones restricted. (1) In this section: (a) “Drone” has the meaning given in s. 114.105 (1) (a). (b) “Wisconsin law enforcement agency” has the meaning given in s. 165.77 (1) (c) and includes the department of justice and a tribal law enforcement agency. (2) No Wisc…

175.60 (12) (a). Cross-reference: See also ch. Jus 18, Wis. adm. code. (4) CERTIFICATION CARDS. (a) 1. Subject to pars. (b), (c), and (d) and sub. (3) (a), the department shall design a certification card to be issued by the department under sub. (3) (a). 2. Subject to pars. (b),…

175.65 Law enforcement agency employment files. Each Wisconsin law enforcement agency, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (bv), shall keep an employment file, as defined in s. 165.85 (2) (ap), for each person the agency employs. History: 2021 a. 82. May 22, 2026, are designated by NOTES…