Wisconsin § 940.291 Law enforcement officer; failure to render aid.

Wisconsin Statutes

§ 940.291 — Law enforcement officer; failure to render aid.

Wisconsin § 940.291

Ch. 940Crimes against life and bodily security

Subch.subch. II of ch. 940 SUBCHAPTER II

BODILY SECURITY

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Wis. Stat. § 940.291 (2026).

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940.291 940.291(1) (1) Any peace officer, while acting in the course of employment or under the authority of employment, who intentionally fails to render or make arrangements for any necessary first aid for any person in his or her actual custody is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if bodily harm results from the failure. This subsection applies whether the custody is lawful or unlawful and whether the custody is actual or constructive. A violation for intentionally failing to render first aid under this subsection applies only to first aid which the officer has the knowledge and ability to render. 940.291(2) (2) Any peace officer who knowingly permits another person to violate sub.

(1), while acting in the course of employment or under the authority of employment, is guilty of a Class A

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940.291
940.291(1) (1) Any peace officer, while acting in the course of employment or under the authority of employment, who intentionally fails to render or make arrangements for any necessary first aid for any person in his or her actual custody is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor if bodily harm results from the failure. This subsection applies whether the custody is lawful or unlawful and whether the custody is actual or constructive. A violation for intentionally failing to render first aid under this subsection applies only to first aid which the officer has the knowledge and ability to render.
940.291(2) (2) Any peace officer who knowingly permits another person to violate sub. (1) , while acting in the course of employment or under the authority of employment, is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.