Phase 1 Wisconsin Police Academy
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(Fundamentals of CJ) Name of the person filling an appeal - ✔✔Appellate
(Fundamentals of CJ) The name of the party that opposes the appeal - ✔✔Respondent
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the Wisconsin Supreme Court? - ✔✔7
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the U.S. Supreme Court? - ✔✔9
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does a warrant command? - ✔✔The defendant be arrested and brought
before the court
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does a summons command? - ✔✔Orders the defendant to appear before the
court on a certain date and time
(Fundamentals of CJ) The court system is the branch of government in Wisconsin. - ✔✔Third
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court? - ✔✔10 years
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many courts of appeals are in Wisconsin Court System? Where are they? -
✔✔4 districts in Madison, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Wausau
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Circuit Courts? - ✔✔6 years
(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of circuit courts in the Wisconsin Court System? - ✔✔Trial
courts with jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases
,(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in the Wisconsin Court System? -
✔✔Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court System? - ✔✔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. - ✔✔3
(Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔- 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? - ✔✔- 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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔§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? - ✔✔No
(Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Article VII
(Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution authorized the creation of municipal
courts? - ✔✔Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
(Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution defines the term "Law Enforcement
Officer" - ✔✔165.85 (2)(C)
, (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? - ✔✔Allows individual
states to make laws that prohibit or punish acts.
(Fundamentals of CJ) What jurisdiction do Municipal Courts have? - ✔✔They have jurisdiction over
ordinance violations and non-criminal traffic violations.
(Fundamentals of CJ) If a conduct violates both state and municipal ordinances, who decides if the issue
of a municipal court citation is given or refer the case to the district attorney with recommendation that
state charges be filed? - ✔✔Law Enforcement
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does the Declaration of Independence assert for all men? - ✔✔All men are
created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does the U.S. Constitution provide? - ✔✔Common defense and general
welfare of the people, as well as separating the functions into three different branches of government
with a system of checks and balances.
(Fundamentals of CJ) Who empowers Law Enforcement? - ✔✔The state which allows for the use of
force, to make arrests, and to take freedoms from those who break the law.
(Fundamentals of CJ) What Wisconsin Constitution statute outlines duties of the Sheriff? - ✔✔Chapter
59
(Fundamentals of CJ) The law requires that municipalities with a population of or more must
provide police protective services. - ✔✔5,000. *They can be provided by creating a municipal court,
creating a joint department or contracting for services with another police agency.
(Fundamentals of CJ) What are tribal governments? - ✔✔Federally recognized Indian tribes that
establish their own civil and criminal codes and have their own courts.
Study Guide | Correct Answers | 2025
Version
(Fundamentals of CJ) Name of the person filling an appeal - ✔✔Appellate
(Fundamentals of CJ) The name of the party that opposes the appeal - ✔✔Respondent
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the Wisconsin Supreme Court? - ✔✔7
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the U.S. Supreme Court? - ✔✔9
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does a warrant command? - ✔✔The defendant be arrested and brought
before the court
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does a summons command? - ✔✔Orders the defendant to appear before the
court on a certain date and time
(Fundamentals of CJ) The court system is the branch of government in Wisconsin. - ✔✔Third
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court? - ✔✔10 years
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many courts of appeals are in Wisconsin Court System? Where are they? -
✔✔4 districts in Madison, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Wausau
(Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Circuit Courts? - ✔✔6 years
(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of circuit courts in the Wisconsin Court System? - ✔✔Trial
courts with jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases
,(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in the Wisconsin Court System? -
✔✔Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court System? - ✔✔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. - ✔✔3
(Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔- 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? - ✔✔- 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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔§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? - ✔✔No
(Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights? - ✔✔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? - ✔✔Article VII
(Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution authorized the creation of municipal
courts? - ✔✔Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
(Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution defines the term "Law Enforcement
Officer" - ✔✔165.85 (2)(C)
, (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? - ✔✔Allows individual
states to make laws that prohibit or punish acts.
(Fundamentals of CJ) What jurisdiction do Municipal Courts have? - ✔✔They have jurisdiction over
ordinance violations and non-criminal traffic violations.
(Fundamentals of CJ) If a conduct violates both state and municipal ordinances, who decides if the issue
of a municipal court citation is given or refer the case to the district attorney with recommendation that
state charges be filed? - ✔✔Law Enforcement
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does the Declaration of Independence assert for all men? - ✔✔All men are
created equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
(Fundamentals of CJ) What does the U.S. Constitution provide? - ✔✔Common defense and general
welfare of the people, as well as separating the functions into three different branches of government
with a system of checks and balances.
(Fundamentals of CJ) Who empowers Law Enforcement? - ✔✔The state which allows for the use of
force, to make arrests, and to take freedoms from those who break the law.
(Fundamentals of CJ) What Wisconsin Constitution statute outlines duties of the Sheriff? - ✔✔Chapter
59
(Fundamentals of CJ) The law requires that municipalities with a population of or more must
provide police protective services. - ✔✔5,000. *They can be provided by creating a municipal court,
creating a joint department or contracting for services with another police agency.
(Fundamentals of CJ) What are tribal governments? - ✔✔Federally recognized Indian tribes that
establish their own civil and criminal codes and have their own courts.
