Wis. Admin. Code Department of Justice Jus 21.04 - Law enforcement agency procedures

A law enforcement agency shall:

(1) Upon taking possession of a sexual assault kit for a reporting victim from a health care professional in Wisconsin, enter the information for the kit in the required fields defined by the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System.

(2) Upon taking possession of a sexual assault kit for a reporting victim from a health care professional who collected it outside of Wisconsin, notify the state crime laboratories for assistance.

(3) When, after taking possession of a sexual assault kit from a health care professional in Wisconsin, but before submitting it to the state crime laboratories for processing, the reporting victim notifies the law enforcement agency that the victim does not want to proceed with analysis of the kit, notify the state crime laboratories of these facts to assist the state crime laboratories in updating the information for the kit in the required fields defined by the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System.

(4) Notify the state crime laboratories whenever a victim, after having first chosen not to report a sexual assault as provided in s. Jus 20.03 (2) or notified the law enforcement agency that the victim does not want to proceed with analysis of the kit as provided in sub. (3), notifies the law enforcement agency that the victim does want to proceed with analysis of the kit to allow the state crime laboratories to update the information for the kit in the required fields defined by the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System.

(5) Upon receiving a victim's sexual assault kit from the state crime laboratories after it has been processed, enter the information for the kit in the required fields defined by the Wisconsin Sexual Assault Kit Tracking System.

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Wis. Admin. Code Department of Justice Jus 21.04

Adopted by, CR 23-044: cr. Register May 28 No. 821, eff. 6/1/2024