(a) No person shall negligently fall or refuse to aid a law enforcement officer when called upon for assistance in preventing or halting the commission of an offense or in apprehending or detaining an offender, when such aid can be given without a substantial risk of physical harm to the person giving it.
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to aid a law enforcement officer, a minor misdemeanor. Punishment shall be as provided in Section 698.02.
(ORC 2921.23; Ord. 157-73. Passed 1-14-74.)