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4th Amendment
Not Implicated

No Probable Cause & No Warrant Required

4th Amendment Controlled - "Reasonableness" Standard

Reasonable Suspicion Required

Probable Cause Required

Special Highly Intrusive Searches

Warrant Required

Private Activity
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- Re-examining __search

Voluntary Consent
_- WI 968.10(2)

Abandoned Property

Public View/Touch
_- Canine Sniff
_- Aerial Overview
_- Open Fields

Chemical Test

Search Incident to a Lawful Arrest
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- WI 968.11

Administrative and/or Special Needs Searches
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- WI 968.10(4)

Probation Officer
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- WI 973.10

Weapons Frisk
_- Person
_- Vehicle
_- WI 968.10(5)
_- WI 968.24 (detain)
_- WI 968.25 (frisk)

Person:
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- Arrested in Public

Plain Senses:
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- View
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- Touch
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- Smell

Mobile Vehicle Search

Exigent/Emergency Circumstances Exception

Detainee Privacy

Physically Disabled
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- WI 968.256

Strip Search
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- WI 968.255

Strip Search NOT Allowed by School Employee
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- WI 118.32

Body Cavity Search
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- WI 968.255

HIV Test
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- WI 968.38

Forced Entry In:
_- Home
_- Third Person's __Home

Arrest Warrant
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- WI 968.04

Special Inspection Warrants
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- WI 66.122
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- WI 66.123

Search Warrant
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- WI 968.10(3)
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- WI 968.12

Document Subpoena
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-WI 968.135

Intercept Warrant
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- WI 968.27-33

Pen Register Warrant
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- WI 968.34-37