Ph ase 1 Wisconsin Police Academy Study Guide | Correct Answers | 2026 Version

Phase 1 Wisconsin Police Academy
Study Guide | Correct Answers | 2026
Version
(Fundamentals of CJ) Name of the person filling an appeal - ✔✔Appellate
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(Fundamentals of CJ) The name of the party that opposes the appeal - ✔✔Respondent
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(Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the Wisconsin Supreme Court? - ✔✔7
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(Fundamentals of CJ) How many judges are in the U.S. Supreme Court? - ✔✔9
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What does a warrant command? - ✔✔The defendant be arrested and brought
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Mbefore the court
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What does a summons command? - ✔✔Orders the defendant to appear before
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Mthe court on a certain date and time
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(Fundamentals of CJ) The court system is the
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(Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Supreme Court? - ✔✔10 years
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(Fundamentals of CJ) How many courts of appeals are in Wisconsin Court System? Where are they? -
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✔✔4 districts in Madison, Waukesha, Milwaukee, and Wausau
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(Fundamentals of CJ) How many years do judges serve on the Wisconsin Circuit Courts? - ✔✔6 years
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of circuit courts in the Wisconsin Court System? - ✔✔Trial
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Mcourts with jurisdiction in criminal and civil cases
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,(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the function of Municipal Courts in the Wisconsin Court System? -
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✔✔Exclusive jurisdiction over ordinance violations
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What is the order of the Wisconsin Court System? - ✔✔1. Supreme Court
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(Fundamentals of CJ) Most Appeals Court cases are decided by a
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(Fundamentals of CJ) Is testimony taken by the Appeals Court? - ✔✔No. They rely on the circuit court
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Mrecord and the written briefs of the litigants to make their decisions
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(Agency Policy) What are the mandatory policies for Wisconsin Law Enforcement agencies? - ✔✔- Use
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Mof Force [§66.0511(2)]
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- Citizen Complaint [§66.0511.(3)]
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- High Speed Pursuit [§346.03(6)]
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- Open Records [§19.34(1)]
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- Domestic Abuse [§968.075(3)]
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- Expander of Jurisdiction [§175.40(6)(d) and § 175.40 (6m)]
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- Reporting Abuse [§48.981(3)(b)3)]
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- Eyewitness Identification [§175.50(2)]
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(Agency Policy) What are the policies for Wisconsin Law Enforcement agencies that are required under
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Mcertain conditions? - ✔✔- Privacy in Locker Rooms [§175.22]
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- Police Escorts [§346.215]
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- Crime Victims' Rights [§950.08]
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- Disposition of Public Records [§19.21(4), (5)]
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- Emergency Detention [§51.15(11m)]
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,(Agency Policy) What is a discretionary policy? - ✔✔You have some choices about how you will
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Mcomplete a task, includes words such as may and should.
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(Agency Policy) What is a ministerial policy? - ✔✔Tasks you must perform, you have no choice, includes
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Mwords such as will and shall.
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(Agency Policy) What do policies and procedures provide in law enforcement? - ✔✔Written documents
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Mthat set forth the expectations for employees in regard to what is to be done in a broad range of
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Mcommon, foreseeable situations.
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(Agency Policy) What is a policy statement? - ✔✔It is what is to be done in relation to a particular issue.
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(Agency Policy) What Wisconsin State law protects you in the event of a civil lawsuit from having to pay
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Myour own attorney fees or from paying damages if there is a finding of liability? - ✔✔§895.46
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(Agency Policy) Does Wisc. Stats. §895.46 protects you if you clearly act outside of the scope of your
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Mauthority or are charged with a criminal offense? - ✔✔No
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(Fundamentals of CJ) Why are we called the Guardians of Rights? - ✔✔We are an extension of the
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Mjudicial system which tries laws and protects individual rights (ex: right to property and right to defend
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution created circuit courts to serve as
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MWisconsin trial courts? - ✔✔Article VII
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What article of the Wisconsin Constitution authorized the creation of municipal
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Mcourts? - ✔✔Article VII, Sections 2 and 14
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What chapter in the Wisconsin Constitution defines the term "Law Enforcement
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MOfficer" - ✔✔165.85 (2)(C)
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, (Fundamentals of CJ) What is the Tenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution? - ✔✔Allows individual
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What jurisdiction do Municipal Courts have? - ✔✔They have jurisdiction over
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Mordinance violations and non-criminal traffic violations.
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(Fundamentals of CJ) If a conduct violates both state and municipal ordinances, who decides if the
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Missue of a municipal court citation is given or refer the case to the district attorney with
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Mrecommendation that state charges be filed? - ✔✔Law Enforcement
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What does the Declaration of Independence assert for all men? - ✔✔All men are
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Mcreated equal and have the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What does the U.S. Constitution provide? - ✔✔Common defense and general
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Mwelfare of the people, as well as separating the functions into three different branches of government
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Mwith a system of checks and balances.
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(Fundamentals of CJ) Who empowers Law Enforcement? - ✔✔The state which allows for the use of
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Mforce, to make arrests, and to take freedoms from those who break the law.
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What Wisconsin Constitution statute outlines duties of the Sheriff? - ✔✔Chapter
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(Fundamentals of CJ) The law requires that municipalities with a population of
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Mcourt, creating a joint department or contracting for services with another police agency.
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(Fundamentals of CJ) What are tribal governments? - ✔✔Federally recognized Indian tribes that
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Mestablish their own civil and criminal codes and have their own courts.
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