A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness
if, knowing he or she has witnessed any portion of an offense, or
of any other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial
property damage, he or she refuses to report or gives a false report
of his or her name and present address to a Law Enforcement Officer
engaged in the performance of his or her duties.
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, he or 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.
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, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
[CC 1996 §215.040; CC 1981 §215.050; Ord. No. 457 §1, 2-20-1978]
No person shall in any manner interfere with the performance
of the official duties of any firefighter or Police Officers or other
employee of a fire protection district or municipal Fire Department
or obstruct him/her in any manner while performing any official duty.
[CC 1996 §215.090; Ord. No. 897 §§1 — 3, 1-24-1994]
A. Any
activation of an alarm system intentionally or by inadvertence, negligence
or unintentional act to which the department responds, including activation
caused by the malfunction of the alarm system, shall result in a fee
in the amount of twenty-five dollars ($25.00).
B. The
following shall not be considered false alarms when:
1. The Superintendent determines that an alarm has been caused by the
malfunction of the indicator at the department;
2. The Superintendent determines that an alarm has been caused by damage,
testing or repair of telephone equipment or lines by the telephone
company provided that such incidents are promptly reported to the
telephone company;
3. An alarm is caused by an attempted and unauthorized or illegal entry,
of which there is visible evidence;
4. An alarm is intentionally caused by the resident acting under a reasonable
belief that a need exists to call the department;
5. An alarm is followed by a call to the department canceling the alarm
by giving proper information, prior to the arrival of the department
at the source of the alarm.
C. Upon determination by the department that a false alarm has occurred, the department shall send a notice to the alarm user notifying the alarm user of the determination and directing payment within thirty (30) days. The department shall cancel any notice or fine upon satisfactory proof by the alarm user that a particular alarm falls within the exceptions listed in Subsection
(B) above. Willful refusal to pay the fine within thirty (30) days or notice shall constitute a violation of this Section and shall be punishable, upon conviction, in accordance with Section
100.090 of this Code.
[CC 1996 §215.520; CC 1981 §240.010; Ord. No. 460 §§1 —
3, 3-20-1978]
A. Any
person who has been convicted of any violation of any ordinance of
the City of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, and who has been placed
on probation by the judge of the Municipal Court of the City of Breckenridge
Hills, Missouri, shall not violate any provisions of said probation.
B. The
period of probation for any aforesaid offender may be for up to two
(2) years.