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 or violation of probation or parole, he/she escapes or
attempts to escape from custody.
[R.O. 2009 §13-156; Code 1969 §25-27]
No person shall hinder, obstruct, run away from or otherwise
interfere with an officer of this City in the discharge of his/her
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.