Description:
This course is designed to build upon basic traffic enforcement skills learned during the DOJ's 720-hour Police Academy. It is primarily intended to provide enhanced skills and increased efficiency for those officers who already conduct traffic enforcement measures. Students can expect an exhaustive look into traffic related statutes, discussion on optimum enforcement strategies, and recognition of contributing factors and/or common violations precipitating traffic crashes.
This course deals only peripherally with Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) operations and Chapter 348 (Size, Weight, and Load). Those topics are covered more comprehensively in our sister program “Truck Law."
Topics of instruction:
- Societal Impact of Traffic Crashes
- Anatomy of a Statute / Chapter 340 Definitions
- Chapter 110 Motor Vehicles / Authority, Powers, and Duties
- Chapter 341 Registration of Vehicles
- Chapter 342 Vehicle Title and Anti-Theft Law
- Chapter 343 Operators' Licenses
- Chapter 344 Vehicles – Financial Responsibility
- Chapter 345 Vehicles – Civil and Criminal Liability
- Chapter 346 Rules of the Road
- Chapter 347 Equipment of Vehicles
- Chapter 348 Size, Weight, and Load (limited coverage)
- Trans. 305 Standards for Vehicle Equipment
- Relevant Caselaw / Legal update
Prerequisites:
This course has no prerequisites.
Program length:
40 hours
Maximum enrollment:
40
Register for this course
Dates: October 19-23, 2026
Times:
- 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily
Registration deadline: September 28, 2026
Class Only: $175.00
- Includes only attendance to class
- No meals or lodging
Commuter: $235.00
- Includes tuition and noon meals
- No lodging
Resident: $625.00
- Includes tuition, breakfast, lunch, dinner (as applicable), and lodging
*Additional nights lodging and meals can be obtained upon request.
Instructor/vendor: Wisconsin State Patrol Academy
Program Director:
Lt. James Sawyer
james.sawyer@dot.wi.gov
608-852-5004
If you have any questions, please contact the program director.
A computer is highly recommended as much of the material will be conveyed electronically (particularly Wisconsin Statutes).