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May 6, 2022
Dear Law Enforcement Partner:
2021 Wisconsin Act 183 was enacted on March 17, 2022. It creates a new statute, Wis. Stat. § 165.25(20), which is entitled “Report on execution of search warrants at physical premises.”
The department is required to collect specified information from all law enforcement agencies:
- The total number of search warrants that were issued and denied.
- Of the search warrants that were issued:
- The number that requested explicit authorization of an unannounced entry, separately reporting the number that explicitly authorized and declined to authorize an unannounced entry.
- Of those authorized for unannounced entry, the numbers executed with and without an unannounced entry.
- Of the search warrants that declined to authorize an unannounced entry that were executed with an unannounced entry:
- The number of warrants for which a return under Wis. Stat. § 968.17 was accompanied by a written inventory of property taken as provided under Wis. Stat. § 968.17 (1).
- The number of warrant executions that resulted in great bodily harm, as defined in Wis. Stat. § 939.22 (14), to any person, or the death of any person.
- The age, race, and gender of any primary suspect who was present at the warrant’s execution.
- Of the search warrants that explicitly authorized an unannounced entry:
- The number of search warrants that were executed with an announced entry and an unannounced entry.
- The type of suspected crime for which it was sought.
- Of the search warrants that explicitly authorized an unannounced entry and were executed with an unannounced entry:
- The number of warrants for which a return under Wis. Stat. § 968.17 was accompanied by a written inventory of property taken as provided under s. 968.17 (1).
- The number of warrant executions that resulted in great bodily harm, as defined in Wis. Stat. § 939.22 (14), to any person, or the death of any person.
- The age, race, and gender of any primary suspect who was present at the warrant’s execution.
Our Bureau of Justice Information and Analysis (BJIA) is working with Department leadership to identify resources to support this effort. We will shortly reach out to law enforcement agencies to form a workgroup to help us develop a system and series of procedures that work for all of us.
Please keep in mind that the statute requires agencies to collect and report data for all warrants sought on or after January 1, 2022.
Below, I have attached a PDF copy of the text of Act 183, as well as a flowchart to help you walk through the analysis and data collection/reporting requirements.
2021 WI Act 183.pdf
Act 183 process analysis chart.pdf
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