Opinion No. Oag 23-79, (1979)

JAMES CARLSON, District Attorney Walworth County

In your letter of February 21, 1978, you ask two questions:

1. Do campus police have jurisdiction to arrest off campus?

2. Does Whitewater Municipal Court have jurisdiction to handle violations of local ordinances occurring on the campus or must they be prosecuted as State offenses. [sic]

The answer to your first question is no.

Section 36.11 (2), Stats., clearly provides that campus police have jurisdiction to arrest only on campus, i.e., on property subject to the jurisdiction of the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System. It…