Wisconsin Department of Justice Identification Manual - Imprimus ...

Domestic Abuse Arrests
• For an offense which is a misdemeanor or a violation of an ordinance
involving:
• burglary tools
• commercial gambling
• dealing in gambling devices
• contributing to the delinquency of a child
• dealing in stolen property
• controlled substances under Chapter 961
• firearms
• dangerous weapons
• explosives
• pandering
• prostitution
• sex offenses where children are victims
• worthless checks
• For an offense charged as disorderly conduct but which relates to an act
connected with one or more of the above listed offenses.
• As a fugitive from justice.
• For any other offense designated by the Attorney General; e.g., stalking
and harassment.
State statute 165.84 Cooperation in criminal identification, records and statistics.
This section requires law enforcement agencies to obtain fingerprints and
photographs for the offense listed in 165.83, and the authority to submit fingerprints
for other offenses at their discretion.
The fingerprint card is to be completed as an "arrest transaction" if the person whose
fingerprints appear on the card is an individual who:
• has been arrested or taken into custody for a violation of a state law or
local ordinance by the "contributing" agency, for having allegedly
committed a violation in the jurisdiction of the "contributing" agency or
• has been arrested or taken into custody for a violation of a state law or
local ordinance by an agency within the jurisdiction of the contributing
agency; however, the "arresting" agency requests the "contributing"
agency to submit the fingerprint card in behalf of the "arresting"
agency. (This is not to be confused with the situation wherein the
contributing/arresting agency has effected an arrest for another
jurisdiction (warrant, CIB, NCIC hit, APBD, etc.) in this case the
transaction becomes a "custody." See Custody Transactions.)
Fingerprint cards submitted to CIB that involve domestic abuse need to have that
information included with the primary statute. Arrests involving incidents of
domestic violence are disqualifying offenses for purposes of firearms transfers.
Individuals committing a domestic abuse should be arrested for the specific offense
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