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.
[Ord. No. 13-030 §1, 8-19-2013]
A. A person
commits the offense of use of false identification if such person:
1. Possesses any form of false, fictitious or counterfeit identification
documents; or
2. Provides, either orally or in written form, false, fictitious or
counterfeit identification information for the purpose of obtaining
goods or services or for the purpose of impersonating another person;
or
3. Refuses to disclose one's legal name to a Law Enforcement Officer
upon being lawfully stopped, detained or arrested by a Law Enforcement
Officer; or
4. Provides, either orally or in written form, a false, fictitious or
counterfeit name, date of birth, or Social Security number to a Law
Enforcement Officer:
a. When the officer has affected a lawful detention or arrest; or
b. When the officer is entering said information into an official document;
or
c. When the officer is using the information in the conduct of an investigation
of a crime or ordinance violation; or
d. For the purpose of avoiding arrest or lawful detention.
5. Provide, either orally or in written form, false, fictitious or counterfeit
identification information to a court official.
B. No
part of this Section shall apply to any sworn Law Enforcement Officer
employed by a public Law Enforcement Agency with the power of arrest
who is authorized to operate in a surreptitious or undercover capacity
when such identification is necessary for the performance of the Law
Enforcement Officer's duties.
C. The
term "Court Official" shall include a Judge, Court
Administrator, Court Clerk, Bailiff or other employee of the Municipal
Court performing duties of the Municipal Court.
D. The
term "Law Enforcement Officer" shall include any
sworn Law Enforcement Officer employed by a public Law Enforcement
Agency with the power of arrest.
[Ord. No. 13-032 §1, 8-19-2013]
A. A person
commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention
or stop; or obstructing a City Officer in the lawful performance of
his/her duty if, knowing that an officer is making an arrest or attempting
to lawfully detain or stop an individual or vehicle, or performing
any other lawful duty, or the person should reasonably know that a
City Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain
or stop an individual or vehicle or perform any other official duty,
for the purpose of preventing the officer from effecting the arrest,
stop or detention or performing any other lawful duty, the person:
1. Resists the arrest, stop or detention by using or threatening the
use of violence or physical force or by fleeing from such officer
or obstructs a City Officer in the lawful performance of any official
duty.
2. Interferes with the arrest, stop or detention of another person by
using or threatening the use of violence, physical force or physical
interference.
3. Enters a crime scene that has been established by a physical barrier,
verbal directions from a Law Enforcement Officer or signage.
4. Engages in conduct which a person knows or should know would prevent
an officer from completing an investigation or performing any other
lawful duty.
5. Refuses to comply with a lawful order of an officer when a person
knows or should know that such refusal prevents the officer from completing
an investigation or performing any other lawful duty.
B. This
Section applies to arrests, stops, detention or official duties 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
pursing that person.
D. It is no defense to a prosecution under Subsection
(A) of this Section that the City Officer was acting unlawfully in making an arrest or the performance of his/her duty. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to bar civil suits for unlawful arrest.
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.