City of pleasant hope missouri municipal code

Section 225.170: Refusing to Make an Employee Available for Service of Process.

Sub Section A. Any employee or any agent who is in charge of a business establishment, commits the crime of refusing to make an employee available for service of process if he knowingly refuses to assist an officer authorized by law to serve process who calls at such business establishment during working hours of an employed for the purpose of serving process on such employee, by failing or refusing to make such employee available for service of process.
Sub Section B. Refusing to make an employee available for service of process is a Class C misdemeanor.

Section 225.180: Failure to Execute an Arrest Warrant

Sub Section A. Any law enforcement officer commits the crime of failure to execute an arrest warrant if, with the purpose of allowing any person charged with or convicted of a crime to escape, he fails to execute any arrest warrant, capias, or other lawful process ordering apprehension of confinement of such person, which he is authorized and required by law to execute.
Sub Section B. Failures to execute a arrest warrant is a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 225.190: Refusal to Identify as a Witness

Sub Section A. A person commits the crime of refusal to identify as a witness if, knowing he has witnessed any portion of a crime, or of any other accident resulting in physical injury or substantial property damage, upon demand by a law enforcement officer engaged in the performance of his official duties, he refuses to report or give a false report of his name and present address to such officer.
Sub Section B. Refusal to identify as a witness is a Class C misdemeanor.

Section 225.200: Escape

Sub Section A. Escape from Custody

1. 
   A person commits the crime of escape from custody if, while being held in custody after arrest or conviction for any crime or other offense against the Ordinances of this City, he escapes from custody.
   
2. 
   Escape from Custody is a Class A misdemeanor.
   

Sub Section B. Aiding escape of a prisoner

1. 
   A person commits the crime of aiding escape of a prisoner if he:
   
   1. 
      Introduces into any place of confinement any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument, or other thing adapted or designed for use in making an escape, with the purpose of facilitating the escape of any prisoner confined therein, or of facilitating the commission of any other crime; or
      
   2. 
      Assists or attempts to assist any prisoner who is being held in custody or confinement for the purpose of affecting the prisoner’s escape from custody or confinement.
      

2. 
   Aiding escape of a prisoner is a Class A misdemeanor.
   

Sub Section C. Permitting Escape

1. 
   A public servant who is authorized and required by law to have charge of any person charged with or convicted of any crime commits the crime of permitting escape if he knowingly:
   
   1. 
      Suffers, allows or permits any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument or anything adapted or designed for use in making an escape, to be introduced into or allowed to remain in any place of confinement, in violation of law, regulations or rules governing the operation of the place of confinement, or
      
   2. 
      Suffers, allows or permits a person in custody or confinement to escape.
      

2. 
   Permitting escape by suffering, allowing or permitting any deadly weapon or dangerous instrument to be introduced into a place of confinement is a Class A misdemeanor.
   

Section 225.210: Tampering With a Witness

Sub Section A. A person commits the crime of tampering with a witness if, with purpose to induce a witness or a prospective witness in an official proceeding to disobey a subpoena or other legal process, or to absent himself or avoid subpoena or other legal process, or to withhold evidence, information or documents or to testify falsely, he:

1. 
   Threatens or causes harm to any person or property; or
   
2. 
   Uses force, threats or deception; or
   
3. 
   Offers, confers or agrees to confer any benefit, direct or indirect, upon such witness.
   

Sub Section B. Tampering with a witness is a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 225.220: Misconduct in Administration of Justice

Sub Section A. A public servant, in his public capacity or under color of his office or employment, commits the crime of misconduct in administration of justice if:

1. 
   He is charged with the custody of any person accused or convicted of any crime or municipal ordinance violation and he coerces, threatens, abuses or strikes such person for the purpose of securing a confession from him;
   

2. 
   He knowingly seizes or levies upon any property or dispossesses any one of any lands or tenements without due and legal process, or other lawful authority;
   

3. 
   He is a law enforcement officer and violates the provisions of Section 544.170 RSMo., by knowingly:
   
   1. 
      Refusing to release any person in custody who is entitled to such release; or
      
   2. 
      Refusing to permit a person in custody to see and consult with counsel or other persons; or
      
   3. 
      Transferring any person in custody to the custody or control of another, or to another place, for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of that section; or
      
   4. 
      Preferring against any person in custody a false charge for the purpose of avoiding the provisions of that section.
      

Sub Section B. Misconduct in the administration of justice is a Class A misdemeanor.

Section 225.225: Excessive Force

Sub Section A. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the City of Pleasant Hope, which it will enforce in the manner hereinafter stated, to prohibit the use of excessive force by law enforcement agencies or a law enforcement officer with the corporate limits of the City against any individual engaged in non-violent civil rights demonstrations. It is further declared to be the police of the City of Pleasant Hope, to be enforced as hereinafter set forth, for any such law enforcement agency, or any law enforcement officer with the corporate limits of the City, to physically barring of any entrance or exit to a facility or location in or at which a non-violent civil rights demonstration is occurring. It is further the policy of the City of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, to enforce all applicable State Laws regarding the subject matter of this Section.
Sub Section B. It shall be unlawful:

1. 
   For any law enforcement agency or law enforcement officer with the corporate limits of the City of Pleasant Hope Missouri to knowingly use excessive force against any individual engaged in non-violent civil rights, demonstrations; or
   

2. 
   For any person to physically bar the entrance to or exit to any facility or location at which a non-violent civil rights demonstration is occurring.
   

Sub Section C. Any person found guilty of a violation of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a Class C misdemeanor and shall be punished as provided in Section 225.010(B)(1)(c) of the Pleasant Hope Municipal Code.