2011 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 508 ASSAULT AND RELATED OFFENSES
508.160 Disarming a police officer -- Penalty -- Applicability.
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<![CDATA[508.160 Disarming a police officer -- Penalty -- Applicability.
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A person is guilty of disarming a peace officer when he intentionally:
(a) Removes a firearm or other deadly weapon from the person of a peace officer
when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties; or
(b) Deprives a peace officer of the officer's use of a firearm or deadly weapon
when the peace officer is acting within the scope of his official duties.
Disarming a peace officer is a Class D felony.
The provisions of this section shall not apply when:
(a) The defendant does not know or could not reasonably have known that the
person disarmed was a peace officer; or
(b) The peace officer was, at the time of the disarming or incident thereto,
engaged in felonious conduct.
Effective: July 15, 1998
History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 123, effective July 15, 1998.
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