§ 26-22. Obstructing police.

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Any person who shall knowingly or willfully obstruct by fleeing from, delaying, resisting or opposing any police officer in the performance or attempted performance of any official duty shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. One cannot be in violation of this section by the utterance of words alone regardless of how offensive or obscene they may be.

(Code 1963, § 21-21.1; Ord. No. 2874, § 1, 1-28-14)

State law reference

Resisting arrest, A.R.S., § 13-2508; obstructing government operations, A.R.S., § 13-2402.

                    
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