A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of a crime, or of any
other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property
damage, upon demand by a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the performance
of his/her official duties, he/she refuses to report or gives a false
report of his/her name and present address to such officer.
[CC 1970 §17-20; CC 1947 §12-49]
Every person who shall have been personally served with a subpoena
issued by any board or officer of the City having the power and authority
to issue such subpoena, commanding the attendance of such person or
the production of any books, papers or documents, who shall fail or
refuse without reasonable and legal excuse to attend at the time and
place therein specified or who shall fail or refuse without reasonable
and legal excuse to produce the books, papers and documents therein
specified or who being present shall fail or refuse without reasonable
and legal excuse to testify fully as to his/her knowledge concerning
the matters and things then being lawfully investigated by such board
of officer shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding
if, with purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or
witness and thereby to influence a judicial proceeding, he/she disrupts
or disturbs a judicial proceeding by participating in an assembly
and calling aloud, shouting, or holding or displaying a placard or
sign containing written or printed matter concerning the conduct of
the judicial proceeding or the character of a judge, attorney, juror,
party or witness engaged in such proceeding, or calling for or demanding
any specified action or determination by such judge, attorney, juror,
party or witness in connection with such proceeding.
A person commits the offense of improper communication if he/she
communicates, directly or indirectly, with any juror, special master,
referee or arbitrator in a judicial proceeding, other than as part
of the proceedings in a case, for the purpose of influencing the official
action of such person.
[Ord. No. 6466 § 1, 1-10-2017]
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or confinement
or attempted escape from custody or confinement if, while being held
in custody after arrest or confinement after sentencing for any offense,
he or she escapes or attempts to escape from such custody or confinement,
including but not limited to by means of intentionally removing, altering,
tampering, or damaging electronic monitoring equipment which a court
has required such person to wear.
[Ord. No. 6378 §1, 6-9-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any person to breach or go over, under
or around any barricade, cordon, visible line or other sign of demarcation
or prohibition against unauthorized entry, or to enter any area enclosed
or set off against unauthorized access or entry by any barricade,
cordon or visible line, unless authorized to do so by a law enforcement
officer having responsibility for the area.
[CC 1970 §17-40; Ord. No. 5686 §1, 4-9-2002]
A. The
following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Section, shall
have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where the
context clearly indicates a different meaning:
EMERGENCY
Any incident involving danger to life or property that calls
for an emergency response dispatch of Police, fire, EMS or other public
safety organization.
B. It
shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the 911 emergency telephone
service after receiving a written warning regarding prior misuse of
the 911 system from Police or emergency personnel.