[Adopted 9-1-1972 as Ch. 19, Secs.
19-5 through 19-8 and Sec. 19-48, of the 1972 Code]
An officer of the City making or about to make
an arrest, or executing or about to execute a warrant or other process,
in accordance with the ordinances of the City or with state or federal
law, or suppressing or about to suppress a riot, affray or unlawful
assembly, may call upon any person to assist him in making such arrest,
executing such process or suppressing such riot, affray or unlawful
assembly. It shall be unlawful for any person lawfully called upon
thus to assist an officer of the City to refuse or fail to do so.
It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly
or willfully to resist, oppose or obstruct the Chief of Police, any
other policeman, the municipal judge or any other officer or employee
of the City in the discharge of his official duties; or, by threats
or otherwise, to intimidate or attempt to intimidate any such officer
or employee from the discharge of his official duties; or to assault
or beat, or revile, abuse, be disrespectful to or use abusive or indecent
language toward or about any such officer or employee while such officer
or employee is in the discharge of his official duties.
It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely
represent himself to be an officer or employee of the City, or exercise
or attempt to exercise any of the duties, functions or powers of an
officer or employee of the City, without being duly authorized to
do so.
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly make
any material misrepresentation to any officer, employee or agency
of the City government in any official application to, or official
dealing or negotiation with, such officer or agency; or to commit
perjury before any tribunal or officer of the City.
[Amended 5-17-1978 by Ord. No. 2316; 5-17-1978 by Ord. No. 2319]
No person shall commit any assault, battery
or assault and battery upon a policeman or other City official while
in the performance of his duties. Any person who shall violate this
section shall be punished by a fine in any amount not to exceed $200.
