§517. Creating police standoff
1. Creating police standoff. A person is guilty of creating a police standoff if that person:
A. Is in fact barricaded as a result of the person's own actions; [PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).]
B. Is or claims to be armed with a dangerous weapon; [PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).]
C. Is instructed by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, either personally, electronically or in writing, to leave the barricaded location; and [PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).]
D. Fails in fact to leave the barricaded location within 1/2 hour of receiving the instruction as described in paragraph C from a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency. [PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).]
2. Class E crime. Creating a police standoff is a Class E crime.
[PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2017, c. 86, §1 (NEW).
Structure Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 17-A: MAINE CRIMINAL CODE
Chapter 21: OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER
17-A §501. Disorderly conduct (REPEALED)
17-A §501-A. Disorderly conduct
17-A §502. Failure to disperse
17-A §505. Obstructing public ways
17-A §506. Harassment by telephone or by electronic communication device
17-A §506-B. Violation of protective order
17-A §507. Desecration and defacement
17-A §507-A. Interference with cemetery or burial ground
17-A §507-B. Illegal possession or sale of gravestones
17-A §509. False public alarm or report
17-A §510. Cruelty to animals (REPEALED)
17-A §511. Violation of privacy
17-A §511-A. Unauthorized dissemination of certain private images
17-A §512. Failure to report treatment of a gunshot wound
17-A §513. Maintaining an unprotected well
17-A §514. Abandoning an airtight container