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(5)01. Disturbing The Peace
A person who creates a dangerous or intimidating situation in a public place or in the public area of private property.
A person who attempts to provoke, incite, or promote harm to another person through gestures, language, claims, actions, or other methods.
A person whose profanity, language, voice, or noise reasonably disturbs nearby civilians or intends to incite violence.
Penal Code (5)01 is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 30 seconds or by $200. This falls under Officer Discretion
(5)02. Unlawful Assembly
A person, without proper permits or authorization, who refuses to leave public property or clear a street or passageway after being ordered to do so by its state agency property manager or a peace officer.
A person who refuses to leave the scene of a crime or other area after being ordered to so whose presence could hinder police operations.
A group that fails to protest or demonstrate peacefully in a designated “free speech zone” or without proper permits or authorization from the city.
A person who refuses to leave private property they were invited to access after being instructed to do so by the property owner or manager.
This charge cannot stack with Trespassing of any kind.
This charge also cannot stack with (5)02. Obstruction Of A Government Employee when charged in relation to public property
Penal Code (5)02 is a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for up to 200 seconds. This falls under Officer Discretion.
(5)03. Incitement To Riot
A person whose actions deliberately agitates or intends to agitate a crowd or large group of people organized or located peacefully in a public or private area in order to promote acts of violence or civil unrest.
A group of people who could be reasonably identified by a peace officer to be gang members whose actions in a public area intend to incite violence, encourage mayhem, or promote civil unrest.
Penal Code (5)03 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for up to 60 seconds or by $250. This falls under Officer Discretion.
(5)04. Vigilantism
A person who attempts to effect justice according to their own understanding of right and wrong, or an unauthorized person attempts to enforce the law. A citizen's arrest may only be effected when a civilian, out of fear for their own safety or the safety of their close friends or relatives, subdues or detains another who is violating the law.
A person who attempts a citizen's arrest or other vigilante justice in the vicinity of
a peace officer or other authority who could otherwise carry out a legal arrest, whether or not a lawful Citizen’s Arrest.
A person who violates (12)10. Good Samaritan Clause.
Penal Code (5)04 is a felony punishable by imprisonment for 30 seconds or by $500.
NOTES:
Vigilantism does not apply when a law enforcement officer in the vicinity is in need of immediate assistance, and a civilian aids such officer - for example, helping an officer apprehend an unarmed resisting suspect by holding him down.
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