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 1976 §18-2; Ord.
No. 92-23 §1, 5-11-1992]
It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally refuse
or fail to comply with any lawful order, signal or direction of a
Police Officer. A person shall not be in violation of this Section
unless the failure or refusal occurs, after such order, at such time
and place that there exists, in the opinion of the officer, danger
of imminent harm to any person or to property.
[Ord. No. 2013-29 §§1 — 2, 9-9-2013]
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to misuse the 911 emergency telephone
service by repeatedly calling "911" for non-emergency situations.
B. Definitions. As used in this section, the following
terms shall have the meanings indicated:
EMERGENCY
Any incident involving danger to life or property that calls
for an emergency response dispatch of police, fire, EMS, or other
public safety organization.
REPEATEDLY
Three (3) or more times within a thirty-day period.