§ 130.19. DISREGARDING POLICE AUTHORITY.  


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  • (A) All persons arrested and also those in the vicinity of any police officer who is then and there engaged in making an arrest or in the conduct of a police investigation shall respect the authority and lawful conduct of any police officer and the authority and dignity of the local and state government and their enforcement agencies.
    (B) It shall be unlawful for any arrested person, or any person nearby, to belittle, jeer, taunt, ridicule, curse, or make remarks of a disparaging or insulting nature, or in any way disrespectful of any law enforcement officer or agency in the conduct of any arrest, or when any investigation is being made under lawful authority by any duly empowered law enforcement officers.
    (Ord. 28, 2014, passed 3-2-15) Penalty, see § 10.99