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. 3231 § 1, 9-19-2016]
A. It shall be unlawful for any driver of a motor vehicle to willfully
fail or refuse to stop said vehicle, or otherwise flee or attempt
to elude a pursuing police vehicle, when given a visual or audible
signal to bring the vehicle to a stop. The sign given by the Police
Officer may be by hand, voice, emergency light, siren or any other
action reasonably calculated to communicate to the operator the officer's
order.
B. Penalties.
1.
Violation. Any person violating the provisions of this Section
or neglecting or refusing to comply therewith shall upon conviction
therefor be punished, by imprisonment for a period of not more than
ninety (90) days, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars
($500.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment.
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.
No person shall knowingly and willfully make any oral or written
false report or give any false information to any public authority,
or to any person reasonably calculated to relay such false report
or information to any public authority, relating to the commission
or the alleged commission of any offense, which false report or information
causes such public authority to expend time or money in investigating
such offense or alleged offense or causes public apprehension of danger.
[Ord. No. 3426, 7-19-2021]
A. A person commits the offense of making a false declaration if, with
the purpose to mislead a public servant in the performance of his/her
duty, he/she:
1.
Submits any written false statement, which he/she does not believe
to be true:
a.
In an application for any pecuniary benefit or other consideration;
or
b.
On a form bearing notice, authorized by law, that false statements
made therein are punishable.
2.
Submits or invites reliance on:
a.
Any writing which he/she knows to be forged, altered or otherwise
lacking in authenticity; or
b.
Any sample, specimen, map, boundary mark, or other object which
he/she knows to be false.
B. The falsity of the statement or the item under Subsection
(A) of this Section must be as to a fact which is material to the purposes for which the statement is made or the item submitted; and the provision of Subsections (2) and (3) of Section 575.040, RSMo., shall apply to prosecutions under Subsection
(A) of this Section.
C. It is a defense to a prosecution under Subsection
(A) of this Section that the actor retracted the false statement or item, but this defense shall not apply if the retraction was made after:
1.
The falsity of the statement or item was exposed; or
2.
The public servant took substantial action in reliance on the
statement or item.
D. The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under Subsection
(C) of this Section.
[Ord. No. 3387, 8-17-2020]
A. No
person shall complete a call on a 911 emergency line to the City of
Pleasant Valley public safety answering point (PSAP) unless such call
is for the purpose of summoning ambulance, fire or police response
to an emergency situation.
B. For
the purpose of this section, “emergency situation” is
defined as a sudden or unexpected happening that calls for public
safety action without delay.
C. The
person to whom the telephone number of the instrument is registered
from which number a non-emergency call on a 911 line has been made
shall be deemed responsible for said violation. This presumption shall
be rebuttable.
D. Violation.
Any person violating the provisions of this Section or neglecting
or refusing to comply therewith shall upon conviction therefor be
punished, by imprisonment for a period of not more than ninety (90)
days, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00),
or by both such fine and imprisonment.