[Adopted 10-15-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-14; amended at time of adoption of
Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions, Art. II)]
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, having been placed under arrest
or taken into custody by the police or other persons authorized to
do so, to refuse to accompany an arresting officer or to endeavor
to force the officer to drag, pull, carry or employ other use of force
to the place of destination.
B.
It shall likewise be unlawful for any person operating a vehicle
or any conveyance to refuse to stop when hailed by either voice, siren
or other device by a police officer of the City within the corporate
limits.
C.
It shall be unlawful to refuse to obey any legal instructions of
any officer of the City.
A.
It shall be unlawful for any person to assault, obstruct, hinder,
prevent or in any manner interfere with any officer or other person
charged with the execution of any lawful warrant or other process
in arresting any person for whose apprehension such warrant has been
issued.
B.
It shall likewise be unlawful to rescue or attempt to rescue such
person from custody of such officer or person lawfully arresting him
as aforesaid, or directly or indirectly to aid, abet or assist any
person so arrested as aforesaid to escape from custody.
C.
It shall be unlawful to harbor or conceal any person for whose arrest
a warrant or other process shall have been issued so as to prevent
the discovery of such person, after notice or knowledge of the fact
of the issuing of such warrant or other process.
[Added at time of adoption of Code (see Ch. 1, General Provisions,
Art. II)]
The penalty for violations of this article is a fine of up to
$500 and/or up to 30 days in jail.
