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§34.6.  Disarming of a peace officer

A.(1)  Disarming of a peace officer is committed when an offender, through use of force or threat of force, and without the consent of the peace officer, takes possession of a firearm from the person of a peace officer or from an area within  the peace officer's immediate control, when the offender has reasonable grounds to believe that the victim is a peace officer acting in the performance of his duty.

(2)  For purposes of this Section, "peace officer" shall include commissioned police officers, sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, marshals, deputy marshals, correctional officers, constables, wildlife enforcement agents, park wardens, and probation and parole officers.

B.  Whoever commits the crime of disarming of a peace officer shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not more than five years.

Acts 1997, No. 558, §1; Acts 2003, No. 697, §1.