[R.O. 1996 § 220.570; CC 1968 § 14-155; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
The following definitions shall apply to this Article:
AFFIDAVIT
Any written statement which is authorized or required by law to be made under oath, and which is sworn to before a person authorized to administer oaths.
GOVERNMENT
Any branch or agency of the government of this State or of any political subdivision thereof;
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
Any official proceeding in court, or any proceeding authorized by or held under the supervision of a court.
JUROR
A grand or petit juror, including a person who has been drawn or summoned to attend as a prospective juror.
JURY
A grand or petit jury, including any panel which has been drawn or summoned to attend as prospective jurors.
OFFICIAL PROCEEDING
Any cause, matter, or proceeding where the laws of this State or ordinances of this City require that evidence considered therein be under oath or affirmation.
PUBLIC RECORD
Any document which a public servant is required by law to keep.
TESTIMONY
Any oral statement under oath or affirmation.
VICTIM
Any natural person against whom any crime is deemed to have been perpetrated or attempted.
WITNESS
Any natural person:
1. 
Having knowledge of the existence or nonexistence of facts relating to any crime;
2. 
Whose declaration under oath is received as evidence for any purpose;
3. 
Who has reported any crime to any Peace Officer or prosecutor; or
4. 
Who has been served with a subpoena issued under the authority of any court of this State.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.575; CC 1968 § 14-156; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
A person commits the offense of hindering prosecution if for the purpose of preventing the apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for conduct constituting a crime, they:
1. 
Harbor or conceal such person;
2. 
Warn such person of impending discovery or apprehension, except this does not apply to a warning given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law;
3. 
Provide such person with money, transportation, weapon, disguise, or other means to aid them in avoiding discovery or apprehension; or
4. 
Prevent or obstruct, by means of force, deception, or intimidation, anyone from performing an act that might aid in the discovery or apprehension of such person.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.580; CC 1968 § 14-157; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982; Ord. No. 3606 § 1, 10-6-2003]
A. 
A person commits the offense of making a false report if they knowingly:
1. 
Give false information to any person for the purpose of implicating another person in a crime;
2. 
Make a false report to a Law Enforcement Officer that a crime has occurred or is about to occur; or
3. 
Make a false report or cause a false report to be made to a Law Enforcement Officer, Security Officer, Fire Department or other organization, official or volunteer which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property that a fire or other incident calling for an emergency response has occurred or is about to occur.
B. 
It is a defense to a prosecution under Subsection (A) of this Section that the actor retracted the false statement or report before the Law Enforcement Officer or any other person took substantial action in reliance thereon.
C. 
A defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.585; CC 1968 § 14-158; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A person commits the offense of making a false bomb report if they knowingly make a false report or cause a false report to be made to any person that a bomb or other explosive has been placed in any public or private place or vehicle.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.590; CC 1968 § 14-159; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with physical evidence if they:
1. 
Alter, destroy, suppress, or conceal any record, document, or thing with purpose to impair its verity, legibility or availability in any official proceeding or investigation; or
2. 
Make, present, or use any record, document, or thing knowing it to be false with purpose to mislead a public servant who is or may be engaged in any official proceeding or investigation.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.595; CC 1968 § 14-160; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
A person commits the offense of false impersonation if they:
1. 
Falsely represent themselves to be a public servant with purpose to induce another to submit to their pretended official authority or to rely upon their pretended official acts, and:
a. 
Perform an act in that pretended capacity; or
b. 
Cause another to act in reliance upon their pretended official authority; or
2. 
Falsely represent themselves to be a person licensed to practice or engage in any profession for which a license is required by the laws of this State with the purpose to induce another to rely upon such representation, and:
a. 
Perform an act in that pretended capacity; or
b. 
Cause another to act in reliance upon such representation.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.600; CC 1968 § 14-161; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982; Ord. No. 3608 § 1, 10-6-2003]
A. 
A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention or stop if they know or reasonably should know that a Law Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain or stop an individual or vehicle, or the person reasonably should know that a Law Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain or lawfully stop an individual or vehicle, for the purpose of preventing the officer from effecting the arrest, stop or detention, they:
[Ord. No. 4638 § 11, 12-19-2016]
1. 
Resist the arrest, stop or detention of themselves by using or threatening the use of violence or physical force or by fleeing from such officer; or
2. 
Interfere with the arrest, stop or detention of another person by using or threatening the use of violence, physical force or physical interference.
B. 
This Section applies to arrests, stops or detentions with or without warrants and to arrests, stops or detentions for any crime, infraction or ordinance violation.
C. 
A person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if that person continues to operate a motor vehicle after that person has seen or should have seen clearly visible emergency lights or has heard or should have heard an audible signal emanating from the law enforcement vehicle pursuing that person.
D. 
It is no defense to a prosecution under Subsection (A) of this Section that the Law Enforcement Officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.605; CC 1968 § 14-162; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
A person commits the offense of interference with legal process if, knowing another person is authorized by law to serve process, they interfere with or obstruct such person for the purpose of preventing such person from effecting the service of any process.
[Ord. No. 4638 § 12, 12-19-2016]
B. 
"Process" includes any writ, summons, subpoena, warrant other than an arrest warrant, or other process or order of a court.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.610; CC 1968 § 14-163; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
Any employer, or any agent who is in charge of a business establishment, commits the offense of refusing to make an employee available for service of process if they knowingly refuse to assist any officer authorized by law to serve process who calls at such business establishment during the working hours of an employee for the purpose of serving process on such employee, by failing or refusing to make such employee available for service of process.
B. 
A person who has been convicted of refusing to make an employee available for service of process may be sentenced to pay a fine which does not exceed three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisonment which does not exceed fifteen (15) days, or both.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.615; Ord. No. 5188, 2-6-2023]
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or attempted escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for any offense or violation of probation or parole, they escape or attempt to escape from custody.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.620; CC 1968 § 14-165; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
A person commits the offense of interfering with a prisoner or aiding escape of a prisoner if they:
1. 
Introduce into any place of confinement any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or other thing adapted or designed for use in making an escape, with the purpose of facilitating the escape of any prisoner confined therein, or of facilitating the commission of any other crime; or
2. 
Assist or attempt to assist any prisoner who is being held in custody or confinement for the purpose of effecting the prisoner's escape from custody or confinement; or
3. 
Give away or sell, or attempt to give away or sell, to any person confined in any City Jail or in custody of any Law Enforcement Officer in the City anything whatsoever without the consent of the person in charge of such jail or person having such custody.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.625; CC 1968 § 14-166; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding if, with the purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or witness and thereby influence a judicial proceeding, they disrupt or disturb 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.630]
A. 
A person commits the offense of tampering with a witness if, with purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness in an official proceeding to disobey a subpoena or other legal process, or to absent themselves or avoid subpoena or other legal process, or to withhold evidence, information or documents, or to testify falsely, they:
1. 
Threaten or cause harm to any person or property;
2. 
Use force, threats or deception;
3. 
Offer, confer or agree to confer any benefit, direct or indirect, upon such witness; or
4. 
Convey any of the foregoing to another in furtherance of a conspiracy.
B. 
A person commits the offense of "victim tampering" if, with purpose to do so, they prevent or dissuade or attempt to prevent or dissuade any person who has been a victim of any crime or a person who is acting on behalf of any such victim from:
1. 
Making any report of such victimization to any Peace Officer, or State, local or Federal Law Enforcement Officer or prosecuting agency or to any judge;
2. 
Causing a complaint, indictment or information to be sought and prosecuted or assisting in the prosecution thereof;
3. 
Arresting or causing or seeking the arrest of any person in connection with such victimization.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.635; CC 1968 § 14-168; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
A. 
A person commits the offense of deceiving a Law Enforcement Officer if they shall knowingly deceive a Law Enforcement Officer for the following purposes:
1. 
To prevent discovery of any offense or crime which has been or is being committed by any person; or
2. 
To prevent or hinder investigation, apprehension, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of any person for conduct constituting an offense under the ordinances of the City of Blue Springs or the laws of the State of Missouri.
B. 
It is a defense to a prosecution under this Section that the actor retracted the false information or removed the deception, but this defense shall not apply if the retraction or removal was made after:
1. 
The falsity of the information or the deception was exposed; or
2. 
Any Law Enforcement Officer took substantial action in reliance on the false information or deception.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction or removal under Subsection (B) of this Section.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.640; Ord. No. 2617 § 1, 10-2-1995]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to commit the offense of obstructing police operations.
B. 
A person commits the offense of obstructing police operations if they purposely obstruct, impair, hinder, or pervert the performance of a police function, including but not limited to, crime scene or accident investigation; crowd control; traffic control; interrogation of suspects or witnesses; by using or threatening violence, force, physical interference or obstacle.
[R.O. 1996 § 220.645; Ord. No. 2616 § 1, 10-2-1995]
A. 
It shall be unlawful to commit the offense of obstructing government operations.
B. 
A person commits the offense of obstructing government operations if they purposely obstruct, impair, hinder, or pervert the performance of a governmental function by using or threatening violence, force, or other physical interference or obstacle.