When to Arrest.
Milwaukee Code of Ordinances § 105-127
in effect105-127. When to Arrest.
Each policeman shall carefully watch all disorderly houses. He shall arrest all and every person who shall be seen by him violating any ordinance of the city, or who shall be found in the street drunk, noisy or using boisterous and threatening or insulting language tending to produce a quarrel or breach of the peace; all persons who shall be guilty of indecent conduct or of any indecent exposure of the person; all persons who shall be in the act of committing a felony or misdemeanor, or who shall be reasonably suspected of having committed any felony. He may lawfully make an arrest without a warrant for a misdemeanor whenever the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person to be arrested has committed a misdemeanor and will not be apprehended unless immediately arrested or that further personal and property damage may likely be done unless immediately arrested. He may lawfully make an arrest acting under a warrant even though the officer does not have the warrant in his possession at the time of the arrest, but, if the person arrested so requests, the warrant shall be shown to him as soon as practicable. He may lawfully arrest when advised by any other peace officer in the state that a warrant has been issued for the individual.
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=34Fetched: 10/26/2026