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§ 130.19 FAILURE TO STOP; ESCAPE.
   (A)   (1)   It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully fail or refuse to stop or flee when being signaled visually or audibly to do so.
      (2)   The signal given by the police officer may be by hand, voice, emergency light, or siren.
      (3)   The officer giving the signal to stop shall be in uniform and shall prominently display his or her badge of office.
   (B)   It shall be unlawful to escape from lawful confinement or to assist another in doing so.
(Prior Code, § 130.19) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 130.20 FALSE REPORTING TO AUTHORITIES.
   It shall be unlawful to:
   (A)   Knowingly cause a false fire or other emergency alarm to be transmitted to or within any fire department, ambulance service, or other government agency which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property;
   (B)   Make a report or intentionally causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities of a crime or other incident within their official concern, when he or she knows that it did not occur; or
   (C)   Make a report or intentionally causes the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities which furnishes information relating to an offense or other incident within their official concern when he or she knows that such information is false.
(Prior Code, § 130.20) Penalty, see § 130.99
Statutory reference:
   Falsely reporting a threat, see SDCL § 22-11-9.2
§ 130.21 IMPERSONATION OF POLICE OFFICER.
   It shall be unlawful for any person to intentionally impersonate any public officer or employee, civil or military, or any firefighter or any person having special authority by law to perform any act affecting the rights or interests of another, or assumes, without authority, any uniform or badge by which such officer, employee, firefighter, or person is usually distinguished, and in such assumed character does any act where another person is injured or defrauded.
(Prior Code, § 130.21) Penalty, see § 130.99
SAFETY PROVISIONS
§ 130.35 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
   It shall be unlawful to engage in cruelty to animals. Any Animal Control Officer finding an animal or fowl mistreated as described in this section shall have the power to lawfully enter the premises where the animal is kept and demand to examine such animal and to take possession of such animal, when in his or her opinion, the animal requires humane treatment.
(Prior Code, § 130.35) Penalty, see § 130.99
Statutory reference:
Related provisions, see SDCL § 9-29-11
§ 130.36 POISONING.
   Unless recommended by the Health Authority, it shall be unlawful for any person to willfully or maliciously administer or cause to be administered poison of any sort whatsoever to any animal, the property of another, with the intent to injure or destroy such animal or to destroy such animal, or to place any poison or poisoned food where such is accessible to any such animal.
(Prior Code, § 130.36) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 130.37 ABANDONING OF AN ANIMAL.
   No person shall abandon an animal in the municipality.
(Prior Code, § 130.37) Penalty, see § 130.99
§ 130.38 TRAPPING OF AN ANIMAL.
   No person, without permission of the City Health Department, shall set, allow to be set, or use any trap for the purpose of catching any animal, which trap could injure or kill any animal, except rodent traps in the interior of a building and except by persons employed by or agents of the City Heath Department or Parks, Recreation, and Forestry Department for purposes of the city’s health and welfare.
(Prior Code, § 130.38) Penalty, see § 130.99
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