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City of Camdenton, MO
Camden County
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A person commits the offense of refusal to identify as a witness if, knowing he/she has witnessed any portion of an offense, or of any other incident resulting in physical injury or substantial property damage, he/she refuses to report or gives a false report of his/her name and present address to a Law Enforcement Officer engaged in the performance of his/her duties.
A person commits the offense of disturbing a judicial proceeding if, with the purpose to intimidate a judge, attorney, juror, party or witness and thereby influence a judicial proceeding, he/she disrupts or disturbs a judicial proceeding by participating in an assembly and calling aloud, shouting, or holding or displaying a placard or sign containing written or printed matter, concerning the conduct of the judicial proceeding, or the character of a judge, attorney, juror, party or witness engaged in such proceeding, or calling for or demanding any specified action or determination by such judge, attorney, juror, party, or witness in connection with such proceeding.
A. 
A person commits the offense of making a false report if he/she knowingly:
1. 
Gives false information to any person for the purpose of implicating another person in an offense; or
2. 
Makes a false report to a Law Enforcement Officer that an offense has occurred or is about to occur; or
3. 
Makes a false report or causes a false report to be made to a Law Enforcement Officer, security officer, Fire Department or other organization, official or volunteer which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property that a fire or other incident calling for an emergency response has occurred or is about to occur.
B. 
It is a defense to a prosecution under Subsection (A) of this Section that the person retracted the false statement or report before the Law Enforcement Officer or any other person took substantial action in reliance thereon.
C. 
The defendant shall have the burden of injecting the issue of retraction under Subsection (B) of this Section.
A. 
A person commits the offense of resisting or interfering with arrest, detention, or stop if he/she knows or reasonably should know that a Law Enforcement Officer is making an arrest or attempting to lawfully detain or stop an individual or vehicle, and for the purpose of preventing the Officer from effecting the arrest, stop or detention, he/she:
1. 
Resists the arrest, stop or detention of such person by using or threatening the use of violence or physical force or by fleeing from such officer; or
2. 
Interferes with the arrest, stop or detention of another person by using or threatening the use of violence, physical force or physical interference.
B. 
This Section applies to:
1. 
Arrests, stops or detentions with or without warrants;
2. 
Arrests, stops or detentions for any offense, infraction or ordinance violation; and
3. 
Arrests for warrants issued by a court or a probation and parole officer.
C. 
A person is presumed to be fleeing a vehicle stop if he/she continues to operate a motor vehicle after he/she has seen or should have seen clearly visible emergency lights or has heard or should have heard an audible signal emanating from the law enforcement vehicle pursuing him/her.
D. 
It is no defense to a prosecution under Subsection (A) of this Section that the Law Enforcement Officer was acting unlawfully in making the arrest. However, nothing in this Section shall be construed to bar civil suits for unlawful arrest.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A person commits the offense of escape from custody or attempted escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest for any offense or violation of probation or parole, he/she escapes or attempts to escape from custody.
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Note: Under certain circumstances this offense can be a felony under state law.
A. 
It shall be the duty of the operator or driver of any vehicle or any other conveyance regardless of means of propulsion, or the rider of any animal traveling on the highways of this City to stop on signal of any Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter and to obey any other reasonable signal or direction of such Law Enforcement Officer or Firefighter given in directing the movement of traffic on the highways or enforcing any offense or infraction.
B. 
The offense of willfully failing or refusing to obey such signals or directions or willfully resisting or opposing a Law Enforcement Officer or a Firefighter in the proper discharge of his/her duties is an ordinance violation.