CHAPTER 132: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE AND ADMINISTRATION
Section
   132.01   Impersonating a public servant
   132.02   Impersonating a peace officer
   132.03   Refusing to aid a peace officer
   132.04   Resisting arrest without the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon
   132.05   Obstructing a peace officer
   132.06   Interfering with firefighter
   132.07   False reporting
§ 132.01 IMPERSONATING A PUBLIC SERVANT.
   It shall be unlawful for any person falsely to pretend to be a public servant other than a peace officer and perform any act in that pretended capacity. It is no defense that the office the actor pretended to hold did not in fact exist.
(Neb. RS 28-609) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 132.02 IMPERSONATING A PEACE OFFICER.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to falsely pretend to be a peace officer and perform any act in that pretended capacity.
(Neb. RS 28-610) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 132.03 REFUSING TO AID A PEACE OFFICER.
   It shall be unlawful for any person, upon a request by a person known to him or her to be a peace officer, unreasonably to refuse or fail to aid the peace officer in:
   (A)   Apprehending any person charged with or convicted of any offense against any of the laws of this state or city; or
   (B)   Securing the offender when apprehended; or
   (C)   Conveying the offender to the jail of the county or this city.
(Neb. RS 28-903) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 132.04 RESISTING ARREST WITHOUT THE USE OF A DEADLY OR DANGEROUS WEAPON.
   (A)   It shall be unlawful for any person, without the use of a deadly or dangerous weapon, while intentionally preventing or attempting to prevent a peace officer, acting under color of his or her official authority, from effecting an arrest of the actor or another, to:
      (1)   Use or threaten to use physical force or violence against the peace officer or another;
      (2)   Use any other means which creates a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the peace officer or another; or
      (3)   Employ means requiring substantial force to overcome resistance to effecting the arrest.
   (B)   It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section if the peace officer involved was out of uniform and did not identify himself or herself as a peace officer by showing his or her credentials to the person whose arrest is attempted.
(Neb. RS 28-904) Penalty, see § 10.99
§ 132.05 OBSTRUCTING A PEACE OFFICER.
   (A)   A person commits the offense of obstructing a peace officer when, by using or threatening to use violence, force, physical interference, or obstacle, he or she intentionally obstructs, impairs, or hinders:
      (1)   The enforcement of the penal law or the preservation of the peace by a peace officer or judge acting under color of his or her official authority; or
      (2)   A police animal assisting a peace officer acting pursuant to the peace officer's official authority.
   (B)   For purposes of this section, POLICE ANIMAL means a horse or dog owned or controlled by the city or the state for the purpose of assisting a city law enforcement officer or a state trooper acting pursuant to his or her official authority.
(Neb. RS 28-906) Penalty, see § 10.99
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