After having identified himself or herself as a law enforcement officer, a law enforcement officer may stop a person in a public place for a reasonable period of time when the officer reasonably suspects that such person is committing, is about to commit or has committed a crime, and may demand the name and address of the person and an explanation of the person’s conduct. Such detention and temporary questioning shall be conducted in the vicinity where the person was stopped.
Wis. Stat. § 968.24
Temporary questioning without arrest
Applied in 35 court decisions — leading case Hiibel v. Sixth Judicial District Court of Nevada Humboldt County et al. (2004)
Most recently applied in State v. Heather Jan VanBeek (June 2021)
1993 a. 486
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