Wisconsin § 165.87 - Body cameras and law enforcement.
Full text of Wisconsin Wisconsin Statutes § 165.87 — Body cameras and law enforcement., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 165.87. Body cameras and law enforcement.
165.87(1) (1) If a law enforcement agency uses a body camera on a law enforcement officer, the law enforcement agency shall do all of the following: 165.87(1)(a) (a) Administer a written policy regarding all of the following: 165.87(1)(a)1. 1. The use, maintenance, and storage of body cameras and data recorded by the body cameras. 165.87(1)(a)2. 2. Any limitations the law enforcement agency imposes on which law enforcement officers may wear a body camera. 165.87(1)(a)3. 3. Any limitations the law enforcement agency imposes on situations, persons, or encounters that may be recorded by a body camera. 165.87(1)(b) (b) Train all law enforcement officers wearing a body camera on the policy under par. (a) and on the requirements under sub. (2) . 165.87(1)(c) (c) Train all employees that use, maintain, store, or release data from a body camera on the policy under par. (a) and on the requirements under subs. (2) and (3) . 165.87(1)(d) (d) Periodically review practices regarding the body cameras and data from body cameras to ensure compliance with the policy under par. (a) and the requirements under subs. (2) and (3) . 165.87(1)(e) (e) If the law enforcement agency maintains an Internet site or has an Internet site maintained on its behalf, make the policy under par. (a) available to the public on the Internet site. 165.87(2) (2) 165.87(2)(a) (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) , (c) , and (d) , all data from a body camera used on a law enforcement officer shall be retained for a minimum of 120 days after the date of recording. 165.87(2)(b) (b) Data from a body camera used on a law enforcement officer that record any of the following shall be retained until final disposition of any investigation, case, or complaint to which the data pertain, except as provided in pars. (c) and (d) : 165.87(2)(b)1. 1. An encounter that resulted in the death of any individual or actual or alleged physical injury to an individual. 165.87(2)(b)2. 2. An encounter that resulted in a custodial arrest. 165.87(2)(b)3. 3. A search during an authorized temporary questioning as provided in s.
Source: official Wisconsin text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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