A. An officer of the City making or about to make an arrest, or retaking or about to retake a person, who has escaped from legal custody, or executing or about to execute a warrant or other process, in accordance with the ordinances of the City or with State or federal law, or suppressing or about to suppress a riot, affray, or unlawful assembly, may call upon person or persons to assist him in making such arrest, retaking such person, executing such process, or suppressing such riot, affray, or unlawful assembly.
B. It is unlawful for any person lawfully called upon thus to assist an officer of the City to neglect refuse, or fail to do so.
(Code 1991, § 10-602)