Policy and Procedures

​Section 0. General

• 0-1 Policy and Procedure
• 0-1 attachment-1
• 0-1 attachment-2

Section 1. Authority

• 1-1 Authority, Powers and Duties
• 1-2 Civil Disorder
• 1-3 Incident management team
• 1-5 Tactical Team Assignments

Section 2. Use of Force

• 2-1 Use of Force
• 2-2 Authority, Use, and Care of Firearms
• 2-3 Firearms Training
• 2-5 Use of Electric Weapons
• 2-6 Officer Involved Death
• 2-7 Assignment, Handling, and Storage of Weapons
• 2-8 Use of Chemical Agents and Munitions

Section 3. Vehicle Operation

• 3-2 Use of Division Vehicles
• 3-3 Vehicle Maintenance
• 3-4 Vehicle and Equipment Assignment
• 3-5 Motorcycle Operations
• 3-6 Roadblocks
• 3-8 Guidelines for Permitting Non-Division and Non-Sworn Division Personnel in Patrol Vehicles
• 3-9 Pursuit Operations

Section 4. Traffic Enforcement

• 4-1 Speed Enforcement and Equipment
• 4-2 Radar and Tuning Fork Frequency Certification
• 4-3 Automated License Plate Recognition Systems
• 4-8 Towing Of Abandoned, Disabled, Illegally Parked Vehicles, and Vehicles of Persons Arrested
• 4-10 Vehicle Seizures
• 4-11 Audio/Video Recording

Section 5. Communications

• 5-1 Communication Tower Use
• 5-2 Traffic Stop Reporting
• 5-3 Use of Cell and Smart Phones
• 5-4 Time System Inquiries
• 5-5 Wanted Person Entry
• 5-6 Use of Citizen Band Radios
• 5-7 Criminal History Checks
• 5-8 Mobile Radio Communications
• 5-9 BNEDI On-call WISCOM
• 5-10 Communication with Persons Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
• 5-11 MDC Use
• 5-12 Wireless Data Connection
• 5-13 Social Media
• 5-14 Computer Aided Dispatch
• 5-15 Tower Security Access
• 5-16 CJIS Security Policy
• 5-16 attachment

Section 6. Crash Investigation

• 6-1 Crash Investigations
• 6-2 Crashes Involving Hazardous Materials
• 6-3 Fleet Crash & Fleet Safety Program

Section 8. Motor Carrier Enforcement

• 8-2 School Bus Inspections
• 8-3 Reporting Maintenance at SWEFs
• 8-3 attachment
• 8-4 MCSAP Program
• 8-5 Commercial Motor Vehicle Mobile Enforcement
• 8-5 attachment
• 8-6 Motor Bus Inspections
• 8-7 Annual Size and Weight Enforcement
• 8-9 Annual Motor Carrier Assistance Program
• 8-11 Hazardous Spills
• 8-13 MCSAP Post Crash Inspections
• 8-14 CMV Inspection Selection

Section 10. Reports and Documents

• 10-3 Vehicle Report
• 10-4 Safety Education Report
• 10-5 Physical Evidence and Recovered Property 
• 10-5 Property Management Guide
• 10-6 Traffic Warning Equipment Violation Notice
• 10-7 Processing Motorist Assists
• 10-9 Uniform Traffic Citation
• 10-10 Issuance of Receipt
• 10-11 Non-Traffic Uniform Citation
• 10-12 Certified Copy of Official Records
• 10-14 Letter to Parents for Cited Juvenile
• 10-16 Processing Underage Alcohol Citations
• 10-17 Records Disposal

Section 11. Personnel

• 11-1 Residency
• 11-3 Division of State Patrol Code of Conduct Policy
• 11-6 Grooming Standards
• 11-7 Promotional Exams and Interviews
• 11-8 Outside Work Requests
• 11-9 Resignation/Termination of Employment
• 11-10 Rehire (Uniformed Personnel)
• 11-12 Administrative Board of Review
• 11-13 Temporary/Alternate Duty
• 11-14 Military Leave
• 11-15 Investigation of Personnel Complaints and Employee Conduct
• 11-18 General Procedures for Filling Vacant Positions
• 11-19 Uniform Policy
• 11-19 attachment
• 11-21 Overtime for Supervisors
• 11-24 Pre-Employment Vision and Hearing Standards for Sworn Officers
• 11-25 Use and Monitoring of Sick Leave and the Use of the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• 11-29 Mandatory Wear of Ballistic Vests

Section 12. Training

• 12-1 Wisconsin State Patrol Academy Operations
• 12-2 Advanced Management Training
• 12-3 CPR Training
• 12-4 Instructor Certifications
• 12-5 Intern Program

Section 13. Deposits and Warrant Service

• 13-1 Warrant Service
• 13-2 Bail and Deposit Procedures

Section 14. Enforcement Guidelines

• 14-2 Graduated Drivers License
• 14-3 Bias Free Policing
• 14-5 Domestic Child Abuse
• 14-9 Criminal Trespass to Dwellings

Section 15. Miscellaneous

• 15-1 Public Use of Division Facilities
• 15-4 Emergency Medical Transport
• 15-5 Funerals
• 15-6 Issuance of Identification Cards to Division Personnel
• 15-8 Division Awards
• 15-10 Salvation Army Service Extension Program
• 15-11 Continuous Improvement
• 15-12 Saved by the Belt Club
• 15-13 Exposure Control
• 15-14 Line of Duty Deaths
• 15-14 attachment
• 15-15 Historical Preservation
• 15-16 Division Chaplaincy Program
• 15-17 Use of Naloxone

Section 16. Support Services

• 16-1 Aircraft
• 16-2 Technical Reconstruction
• 16-3 K9 Operations
• 16-5 Currency Forfeiture
• 16-6 Escort Duty
• 16-8 Honor Guard
• 16-9 Crash Data Retrieval
• 16-9 attachment
• 16-11 Salvaged Titled Vehicle Inspection
• 16-12 Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems