[R.O. 1996 § 220.570; CC 1968 § 14-155; Ord. No. 1147 § 1, 4-12-1982]
The following definitions shall apply
to this Article:
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.
Any branch or agency of the government of this State or of
any political subdivision thereof;
Any official proceeding in court, or any proceeding authorized
by or held under the supervision of a court.
A grand or petit juror, including a person who has been drawn
or summoned to attend as a prospective juror.
A grand or petit jury, including any panel which has been
drawn or summoned to attend as prospective jurors.
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.
Any document which a public servant is required by law to
keep.
Any oral statement under oath or affirmation.
Any natural person against whom any crime is deemed to have
been perpetrated or attempted.
Any natural person:
Having knowledge of the existence
or nonexistence of facts relating to any crime;
Whose declaration under oath is received
as evidence for any purpose;
Who has reported any crime to any
Peace Officer or prosecutor; or
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.
[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:
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:
[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.
[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:
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:
[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.
