[Adopted as Ch. 606 of the 1989 Codified
Ordinances]
The purpose of this chapter is to provide for
the health, safety and welfare of the people of the City by consolidating,
codifying and adding to the ordinances relating to crimes, defining
crimes and prescribing penalties therefor.
A.
DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT JUDGE
PENALTY
As used in this chapter:
The District Court having jurisdiction in the city.
The presiding Judge of the District Court.
Any fine or imprisonment, or both, as set forth in this chapter.
B.
Whenever words and phrases used herein are not defined,
but are defined in the State Penal Code, any such definition in the
State Penal Code shall be deemed to apply to such words and phrases
used herein. Further, the rule of construction established by the
State Penal Code shall be deemed to apply to this chapter.
No person shall drive a vehicle over a fire
hose, knowingly and willfully hinder, obstruct or interfere with any
firefighter in the performance of his or her duties or, while in the
vicinity of any fire, willfully disobey and/or disregard any order,
rule or regulation of the officer commanding the Fire Department at
such fire.
No person shall knowingly and willfully obstruct,
resist or oppose any police officer of the City in the discharge of
his or her official duty. No person shall knowingly and willfully
prevent or attempt to prevent any police officer or other person,
duly authorized, from serving or attempting to serve or execute any
process, rule or order made or issued by lawful authority. No person
shall resist any officer in the execution of any ordinance, bylaw,
rule, order or resolution made, issued or passed by Council; assault,
beat or wound any police officer or other person, duly authorized,
while such officer or other person is serving or attempting to serve
or execute any such process, rule or order, or for having served or
attempted to serve or execute the same; or obstruct, resist, oppose,
assault, beat or wound any such officer or other person authorized
by law to maintain and preserve the peace in his or her lawful acts,
attempts and efforts to maintain, preserve and keep the peace.
A.
A police officer of the City is hereby authorized
to stop, detain and question any person upon any public street or
in any public place in the City who the police officer reasonably
suspects is committing, has committed or is about to commit any felony
or breach of the peace within the city, or who the police officer
reasonably suspects is violating a condition of pardon, parole or
probation, for the purpose of determining such person's name and address
and an explanation of such person's actions. Any person who refuses
in such a situation to give his or her name and address and an explanation
of his or her action upon demand of a police officer of the City shall
be deemed to be in violation of § 163-5.
B.
When a police officer has stopped a person for questioning
pursuant to Subsection A hereof and reasonably suspects that he or
she is in personal danger as a result of such action, such officer
is hereby authorized to search such person for a dangerous weapon
and may take and seize any such weapon found on any such person as
a result of such search until the officer has completed the questioning
provided for in Subsection A hereof, after which such officer shall
either return such weapon, if lawfully possessed, or arrest such person
for the possession of an unlawful and dangerous weapon. Any person
who resists, obstructs or opposes such search for a dangerous weapon,
as provided for in this subsection, shall be deemed to be in violation
of § 163-5.
