Wisconsin resources
Wisconsin — contacts by situation
Online child exploitation — first call, routes to FBINCMEC: 1-800-843-5678 FBI Milwaukee Field Office — 764, major cases414-276-4684 Wisconsin ICAC Task Force — state tech investigations1-800-432-7328 Speak Up, Speak Out Wisconsin — school threat tip line1-800-697-8761If you are in central Wisconsin (Stevens Point, Portage County, and surrounding areas)
Portage County Sheriff (non-emergency): 715-346-1400. For online crimes, route through the Sheriff rather than small-town police who may not have ICAC-trained personnel. The Sheriff's office can refer up to WI ICAC and the Milwaukee FBI field office when the case scale warrants it.
Wisconsin laws that apply right now
- Wis. Stat. § 942.09 — Representations depicting nudity. Expanded to cover AI-generated / manipulated images. Felony for non-consensual distribution.
- Wis. Stat. § 948.05 — Sexual exploitation of a child. Felony, serious prison exposure.
- Wis. Stat. § 948.075 — Use of computer to facilitate child sex crime. The statute online predators get charged under.
- Wis. Stat. § 301.46 — Sex offender registration and Community Notification postcard system.
Federal law (PROTECT Act, Take It Down Act, 18 USC 2252/2252A) applies on top of state law. AI-generated CSAM is prosecutable federally per DOJ position since 2023, regardless of whether a real child is depicted.
Wisconsin-specific resources
- Wisconsin DOJ ICAC Task Force — icactaskforce.org · 1-800-432-7328
- Wisconsin DPI Office of School Safety — threat assessment training, tip line. Speak Up, Speak Out: 1-800-697-8761 · speakup.widoj.gov
- Wisconsin DOC Community Notification Program — email signup for 1/2/3-mile radius alerts when registered sex offenders move in. Enroll at doc.wi.gov.
- Wisconsin DOC Sex Offender Registry — appsdoc.wi.gov (always verify against the official registry).
- Wisconsin Crime Victim Compensation Program — financial support for trauma therapy and related costs. doj.state.wi.us/ocvs
- UW Health Psychiatric Emergency (Madison) — 608-263-6100
- Children's Wisconsin (Milwaukee) — pediatric behavioral health, 414-266-2000
- Aspirus (Wausau / central WI) — behavioral health, 715-847-2000
- Wisconsin Attorney General's Office — consumer protection, 1-800-422-7128
Wisconsin cases that shaped this resource
December 2024: a Wisconsin private-school shooting was linked by Institute for Countering Digital Extremism reporting to Character.AI engagement with white-supremacist-profile content. Part of the factual basis for the Character.AI / Google settlement announced January 2026.
July 2025: a 764-network-linked stabbing of a homeless woman in Wisconsin was documented by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue as part of the network's shift toward external violence. One of the first US prosecutions for violent acts tied to 764 ideology.
These cases are not distant — they happened in communities like yours. The resources on this page are not generic. They are what Wisconsin families have used and will continue to need.
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