9.08.030 Interference With Law Enforcement.
Interference with law enforcement is:
A. Falsely reporting to a law enforcement officer, law enforcement agency or State investigative agency:
1. That a particular person has committed a crime, knowing that such information is false and intending that the officer or agency shall act in reliance upon such information; or
2. That a law enforcement officer has committed a crime or committed misconduct in the performance of such officer’s duties, knowing that such information is false and intending that the officer or agency shall act in reliance upon such information; or
3. Any information, knowing that such information is false and intending to influence, impede or obstruct such officer’s or agency’s duty; or
4. Any information for the purpose of hindering the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of any person for a crime; or
5. That a crime has been committed or any information concerning a crime or suspected crime, knowing that such information is false and intending that the officer or agency shall act in reliance upon such information;
B. Concealing, materially altering or destroying evidence or tampering with a witness, informant, document or other source of information, regardless of its admissibility in evidence with the intent to prevent or hinder the apprehension, prosecution, conviction or punishment of any person; or
C. Knowingly and willfully obstructing, resisting or opposing any person authorized by law to serve process in the service or execution or in the attempt to serve or execute any writ, warrant, process or order of a court, or in the discharge of any official duty, and such act substantially hindered or increased the burden of the person in the performance of the person’s official duty; or
D. Knowingly and willfully obstructing, resisting or opposing any properly identified law enforcement officer in the discharge of any official duty or investigation, and such act substantially hindered or increased the burden of the officer in the performance of the officer’s official duty; or
E. Providing a false name, address, birth date, driver’s license or other identification document to a law enforcement officer engaged in the discharge of any official duty or investigation.
F. Knowingly and willfully fleeing from a law enforcement officer, other than fleeing by operation of a motor vehicle, when the law enforcement officer has:
1. Reason to stop the person under K.S.A. 22-2402, and amendments thereto; and
2. Given the person visual or audible signal to stop.
G. Interference with law enforcement is a Class A public offense. (Ord. 23-17 § 3, 2023; Ord. 13-33 § 3, 2013; Ord. 12-38 § 7, 2012; Ord. 83-75 § 2, 1983.)