Any person sentenced to imprisonment or detained by the chief of police, pursuant to lawful arrest, who escapes, or attempts to escape, while in the custody of the chief of police, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(1953 Code, ch. 1, § 12; Ord. No. 2478, §§ 1, 2, 7-1-63)
State Law References: Assisting escape prohibited, A.R.S. § 13-2510.