2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 53a-167b. Failure to assist a peace officer or firefighter: Class A misdemeanor.
Sec. 53a-167b. Failure to assist a peace officer or firefighter: Class A misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of failure to assist a peace officer or firefighter when, commanded by a peace officer or firefighter authorized to command assistance, such person refuses to assist such peace officer or firefighter in the execution of such peace officer's or firefighter's duties.
(b) Failure to assist a peace officer or firefighter is a class A misdemeanor.
(1971, P.A. 871, S. 51; P.A. 01-84, S. 12, 26.)
History: P.A. 01-84 replaced "fireman" with "firefighter" and made other technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality, effective July 1, 2001.
Cited. 216 C. 820. Section not facially unconstitutional under fourth or fourteenth amendments. 217 C. 73-75, 77-79, 81, 83, 87-90, 92, 94. Cited. 218 C. 483-486.
Cited. 22 CA 683, 684, 686. Cited. 31 CA 443, 447.
Subsec. (a):
Cited. 22 CA 683, 684.
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