It is unlawful for any person to turn in a false alarm of any nature or in any manner to deceive or attempt to deceive the Fire Department, Police Department or any officer or employee thereof with reference to any fire alarm or reported fire, accident or other emergency or to knowingly cause the Fire Department, Police Department or its officers or employees to make a useless run.
(Prior Code, § 10-607) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.02 False Representations To An Officer
It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation, or for any agent or employee thereof, to knowingly make any material misrepresentation to any officer, employee or agency of the town 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 town.
(Prior Code, § 10-608) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.03 Impersonating An Officer Or Employee
It is unlawful for any person to impersonate any officer or employee of the town, to falsely represent himself or herself to be an officer or employee of the town or to exercise or attempt to exercise any of the duties, functions or powers of an officer or employee of the town without being so duly authorized.
(Prior Code, § 10-606) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.04 Refusing Or Failing To Assist An Officer
(A) An officer of the town 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 town or with state or federal law, or an officer of the town suppressing or about to suppress a riot, affray or unlawful assembly, may call upon a person or persons to assist him or her in making such arrest, executing such process or suppressing such riot, affray or unlawful assembly.
(B) It is unlawful for any person lawfully thus called upon to assist an officer of the town to refuse or fail to do so.
(Prior Code, § 10-602) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.05 Resisting An Officer
(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires a different meaning.
OBSTRUCTION OF. In addition to its common meaning, shall include:
(a) Flight by one sought to be arrested before the arresting officer can restrain him or her and after notice is given that he or she is under arrest;
(b) Any violence toward or any resistance or opposition to the arresting officer after the arrested party is actually placed under arrest and before he or she is under arrest; or
(c) Refusal by the arrested party to give his or her name and make his or her identity known to the arresting officer.
RESISTING AN OFFICER. The intentional opposition or resistance to, or obstruction of, an individual acting in his or her official capacity and authorized by law to make a lawful arrest or seizure of property, or to serve any lawful process or court order, when the offender knows or has reason to know that the person arresting, seizing property or serving process is acting in his or her official capacity.
(B) It is unlawful for any person to warn or signal another so as to assist such other person to flee, escape or evade an officer seeking to make an arrest or for any person to bar or lock any door or barrier in the face of or in front of an approaching officer.
(C) It is unlawful to resist, oppose, assault or in any way interfere with a police officer or any person duly authorized to act as such while such officer or person is discharging or attempting to discharge his or her official duties within the limits of the town.
(Prior Code, § 10-601) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.06 Resisting A Public Official
It is unlawful for any person knowingly or willfully to:
(A) Resist, oppose or obstruct the Police Chief, any other police officer, the Municipal Judge or any other officer or employee of the town in the discharge of his or her official duties;
(B) Threaten or otherwise intimidate or attempt to intimidate any such officer or employee from the discharge of his or her official duties; or
(C) 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 or her official duties.
(Prior Code, § 10-610) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.07 Assault Or Battery Upon A Police Or Other Law Officer
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly commit any assault, battery or assault and battery upon the person of a police officer or other officer of the law while in the performance of his or her duties.
(Prior Code, § 10-603) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.08 Removing Barricades
It is unlawful for any person, except by proper authority, to remove any barricade or obstruction placed by the authority of the town to keep traffic off of any pavement, street, curb, sidewalk or other area.
(Prior Code, § 10-609) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.09 Rescuing Prisoners
It is unlawful for any person, in any illegal manner, to set at liberty, rescue or attempt to set at liberty any prisoner or prisoners from any officer or employee of the town having legal custody of the same or from the town’s jail or other place of confinement by the town, or to assist such prisoner in any manner to escape from such prison or custody either before or after conviction, including escape from a vehicle of confinement.
(Prior Code, § 10-604) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 135.10 Escaping From Custody Or Confinement
It is unlawful for any person confined in the town’s jail or other place of confinement by the town or working upon the streets or other public places of the town in pursuance of any judgment, or otherwise held in legal custody by the authority of the town, to escape or attempt to escape from any such jail, prison or custody.