Wisconsin Code § 940.291

Law enforcement officer; failure to render aid
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(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.
(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.

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