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ARTICLE 711

Law Enforcement


711.01 Crossing Police Lines
711.02 False Reports To Police Department
711.99 Penalty


CROSS REFERENCE

Rewards re false fire alarms - See FIRE PREV. Art. 1503

711.01 CROSSING POLICE LINES.

No person shall cross a police line without the express permission of the Police Department. A "police line" is defined as the boundary of an area which has been temporarily isolated or set apart by ropes, barricades or other methods by the police in pursuance of official duties, and which boundary or line is plainly marked by a sign bearing the inscription "POLICE LINE - DO NOT CROSS." (Ord. 1839 §1. Passed 12/17/63.)

711.02 FALSE REPORTS TO POLICE DEPARTMENT.

No person shall knowingly make, or cause to be made, any false report or misleading call or request for any of the services of the Police Department. (Ord. 2058 §1. Passed 12/19/67.)

711.99 PENALTY.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than three hundred dollars ($300.00) or imprisoned not more than ninety days, or both. (Ord. 1839 §2. Passed 12/17/63.)

 

 

 

 

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