Chapter 2.35
ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE
Sections:
2.35.020 Interference with police and police equipment.
2.35.010 Failure to appear.
(1) No person having been by municipal court order released from custody upon a release agreement or security release on the condition that the person subsequently appear personally in connection with a charge against the defendant, shall intentionally or knowingly fail to appear.
(2) No person shall intentionally or knowingly fail to appear before the municipal court pursuant to a citation issued and served under the authority of this code or ORS 133.065.
(3) No person shall intentionally or knowingly fail to appear before the municipal court pursuant to an order issued by the municipal judge.
(4) Failure to appear on a criminal offense is a Class A misdemeanor.
(5) Failure to appear on a civil infraction is a Class C misdemeanor. [Ord. 349 § 1, 1999.]
2.35.020 Interference with police and police equipment.
(1) No person shall interfere with a police officer in performance of his or her duty.
(2) “Interfere” includes, but is not limited to:
(a) Physical contact with a police officer, vehicle, animal, or item of police equipment, when the contact affects the officer’s performance of duty in an official capacity.
(b) Verbal abuse or production of noise intended and sufficient to prevent a police officer from adequately communicating when communication is necessary for the duty being performed.
(c) Electronic interruption or blocking of police communications.
(d) Mechanical or electronic disruption of effective use of police equipment, including, but not limited to, vehicle speed detection devices.
(3) Violation of this section is a violation. [Ord. 349 § 2, 1999.]