§ 21-26. Firefighters, policemen, service, execution of process; court order; hindering, obstructing justice.

(A)

Prohibitions.

(1)

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly resist or obstruct the performance by one, who the person knows or has reason to believe is a police officer or firefighter, of any authorized act within such officer's official capacity.

(2)

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly resist or obstruct the authorized service or execution of any civil or criminal process or order of court.

(3)

It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly obstruct justice. A person obstructs justice when, with intent to prohibit the apprehension or obstruct the prosecution or defense of any person, the person knowingly commits any of the following actions:

(a)

Destroys, alters, conceals or disguises physical evidence, plants false evidence, or furnishes false information; or

(b)

Induces a witness having knowledge material to the subject at issue to leave the State or conceal himself; or

(c)

Leaves the State or conceals himself when the person possesses knowledge material to the subject at issue.

(B)

Penalties. Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00) or imprisonment in the County Jail for a term not to exceed sixty (60) days, or by both such fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.

(Ord. No. 58-5, § 21.02, 2-18-58; Ord. No. 69-92, § 2, 12-17-69)