Division I
OFFENSES BY OR AGAINST PUBLIC OFFICERS AND GOVERNMENT
Chapter 9.02
INTERFERENCE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
Sections:
9.02.010 Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.
9.02.050 Obstructing a public servant.
9.02.060 Tampering with physical evidence.
9.02.070 Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.
9.02.100 Escape in the third degree.
9.02.110 Introducing contraband in the third degree.
9.02.010 Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.
A person is guilty of refusing to summon aid for a peace officer if, upon request by a person he knows to be a peace officer, he unreasonably refuses or fails to summon aid for such peace officer. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.020 False swearing.
A person is guilty of false swearing if he makes a false statement, which he knows to be false, under an oath required or authorized by law. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.030 Failure to appear.
Any person legally cited or directed to appear in court who fails to do so without good cause or excuse, to be ascertained by a hearing before the court, shall be guilty of the separate offense of failure to appear and may be punished accordingly. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.040 Compounding.
A. A person is guilty of compounding if he:
1. Requests, accepts or agrees to accept any pecuniary benefit pursuant to an agreement or understanding that he will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime; or
2. Confers, or offers or agrees to confer, any pecuniary benefit upon another pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such other person will refrain from initiating a prosecution for a crime.
B. In any prosecution under this section, it is a defense if established by a preponderance of the evidence that the pecuniary benefit did not exceed an amount which the defendant reasonably believed to be due as restitution or indemnification for harm caused by the crime. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.050 Obstructing a public servant.
Every person who without lawful excuse refuses or knowingly fails to make or furnish any statement, report or information lawfully required of him by a public servant, or in any such statement or report makes any knowingly untrue statement to a public servant, or knowingly hinders, delays or obstructs any public servant in the discharge of his official powers or duties, is guilty of obstructing a public servant. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.060 Tampering with physical evidence.
A. A person is guilty of tampering with physical evidence if, having reason to believe that an official proceeding is pending or about to be instituted and acting without legal right or authority, he:
1. Destroys, mutilates, conceals, removes or alters physical evidence with intent to impair its appearance, character or availability in such pending or prospective official proceeding; or.
2. Knowingly presents or offers any false physical evidence.
B. “Physical evidence,” as used in this section, includes any article, object, document, record or other thing of physical substance. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.070 Rendering criminal assistance in the third degree.
A person is guilty of rendering criminal assistance in the third degree if he renders criminal assistance to a person who has committed a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.080 Resisting arrest.
A person is guilty of resisting arrest if he intentionally prevents or attempts to prevent a peace officer from lawfully arresting him. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.090 Bail jumping.
Any person having been released by court order or admitted to bail with the requirement of a subsequent personal appearance before any court of this state, and who knowingly fails without lawful excuse to appear as required is guilty of bail jumping. Unless otherwise established, the failure to appear when required shall be inferred to have been without lawful excuse. Bail jumping is a misdemeanor if the person was held for, charged with or convicted of a gross misdemeanor or misdemeanor. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.100 Escape in the third degree.
A person is guilty of escape in the third degree if he escapes from custody. (Ord. 254 (part), 1979)
9.02.110 Introducing contraband in the third degree.
A person is guilty of introducing contraband in the third degree if he knowingly and unlawfully provides contraband to any person confined in a detention facility. (Ord. 254 (part), 979)