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Wisconsin law, in your pocket.
Wisconsin criminal and traffic statutes, the Wisconsin decisions that interpret them, and field guides that walk the call — built from published state sources, on your phone with no signal needed. Covers Wis. Stat. ch. 939–961 and Wis. Stat. ch. 340–349.
STATUTE DETAIL IN THE APP
(NEW JERSEY SHOWN — STATE PACKS RENDER THE SAME)
The rules that are Wisconsin’s own.
Federal cases set the minimum. Wisconsin’s courts have their own answers — and those are the ones that control your stop, your search, your report.
State v. Weber
When a suspect refuses to yield to a lawful stop and flees into his home or attached garage, continuous hot pursuit for a jailable offense can justify following him in without a warrant to complete the arrest.
2016 WI 96, 372 Wis. 2d 202, 887 N.W.2d 554 (2016)FULL BRIEF IN THE WI PACK →
State v. Houghton
Reasonable suspicion of a traffic violation is enough to stop a car — you do not need probable cause. And an objectively reasonable mistake about an ambiguous traffic law can supply that reasonable suspicion.
2015 WI 79, 364 Wis. 2d 234, 868 N.W.2d 143 (2015)FULL BRIEF IN THE WI PACK →
State v. Heather Jan VanBeek
Wisconsin’s controlling modern case on the line between a consensual encounter and a seizure. Taking a license briefly to run a records check is fine and not a seizure. But when you return, keep the license, and keep the person answering questions specifically to hold them until a drug dog arrives, you have seized them — and you need reasonable suspicion. A thin anonymous tip plus the person’s history does not supply it.
960 N.W.2d 32READ THE OPINION →
FIELD GUIDES — STEP-BY-STEP FLOWCHARTS
The call, one decision at a time.
DV, juveniles, hospital holds, use of force, traffic — each guide walks the fork in the road with the Wisconsin law and procedure built in, the way an FTO would talk you through it.
Wisconsin paper plates, decoded.
Run it (type DL)
WI temp tags CAN be run. Wholesale plates: run as plate type ‘DL’. Google the registered business address — bogus addresses (churches, malls) are common.
2 business day rule
WI law requires temp plate display within 2 BUSINESS DAYS of purchase. Ask when vehicle was purchased.
Wholesale plate real?
[April 2026 — WisDOT] WI wholesale plates are COMMONLY COPIED. Check: edging present? Lettering flat/stamped (not raised)? Font correct — look at ‘SC’ in ‘WISCONSIN’. New format (WH) says ‘DEALER’. Old format (MV) says ‘WHOLESALER’.The temp-tag scanner is free for verified law enforcement — with or without a subscription. SEE HOW THE SCANNER WORKS →
Federal cases that reach every Wisconsin stop.
Pennsylvania v. Mimms (1977)
Ordering the driver out on a lawful stop — what it covers, and what it doesn’t.
Arizona v. Gant (2009)
Once the arrestee is secured, the automatic car search is gone. The two narrow windows that remain.
Riley v. California (2014)
Seizing the phone is one question. Searching its data is another.
Cross the line, keep the reference.
Task force, bi-state agency, or a beat near the border — every state gets the same breakdown, and the FEDERAL KIT travels with you.
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