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.
[Ord. No. 15-07-02 §1, 7-6-2015]
Any person who intentionally dials the telephone number 911
to report an emergency, knowing that in fact the situation which he
or she reports does not exist, shall be fined not less than fifty
dollars ($50.00) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500.00).
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.
[Ord. No. 15-07-02 §1, 7-6-2015]
It shall be unlawful for any driver of a motor vehicle to willingly
fail or refuse to bring his vehicle to a stop or otherwise flee or
attempt to elude a pursuing Police vehicle, when given visual and
audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop.
[R.O. 2012 §230.030(D)]
No person shall fail to obey the orders of any Police Officer
in the discharge of their official duties.
A person commits the offense of assault on a police animal if
he or she knowingly attempts to kill or disable or knowingly causes
or attempts to cause serious physical injury to a police animal when
that animal is involved in law enforcement investigation, apprehension,
tracking, or search, or the animal is in the custody of or under the
control of a Law Enforcement Officer, Department of Corrections Officer,
Municipal Police Department or Fire Department or a rescue unit or
agency.