(a) Purpose. The purpose of the section is to make it unlawful and to provide a penalty for interfering with any county law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his or her duty.
(b) Prohibition. It shall be unlawful for any person within the unincorporated area of county to commit an assault, battery or by any act, physical or verbal, resist, hinder, impede or interfere with any law enforcement officer in the lawful discharge of his or her duty, or to aid or abet any such act.
(c) Penalty.
(1) A violation of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and shall be punished within the jurisdictional limits of magistrate's court.
(2) Each day or portion thereof during which any violation of the provisions of this section is committed or continued shall constitute a separate offense.
(d) Exceptions. This section shall not apply to constitutionally protected conduct such as the peaceful questioning or protesting of government action.
(e) Severability. If any section, subsection, or clause of this section shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby.
(f) Effective date. This section shall take effect upon the date of its adoption.
(Ord. 4053, passed 10-17-2006)