Police May Enter Buildings to Make Arrests, Right of Entry.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 105-124
in effect105-124. Police May Enter Buildings to Make Arrests, Right of Entry.
The chief of police and the policemen are respectively authorized and empowered, in a peaceable manner, or, if refused admittance after demand is made, with force and arms, to enter any house, store, shop, grocery or other place or building, whatever or whatsoever in said city, in which any person or persons may reasonably be suspected to be for unlawful purposes, and if any person or persons shall be found therein guilty of any crime or misdemeanor, or violation of any law or ordinance for the preservation of the peace and good order of the city, or who may reasonably be suspected thereof, or who shall be aiding and abetting such person or persons so found, said officer or policeman shall apprehend and keep in custody such person or persons as in case of other arrests made by police officers, until they be discharged by due course of law.
Source: City of Milwaukee Legislative Reference Bureau, Milwaukee City Charter and Code of Ordinances (city.milwaukee.gov master PDFs)URL: https://city.milwaukee.gov/ImageLibrary/Groups/ccClerk/Ordinances/Volume-1/CH105.pdf#page=33Fetched: 10/26/2026