New York Laws
Article 195 - Official Misconduct and Obstruction of Public Servants Generally
195.10 - Refusing to Aid a Peace or a Police Officer.


A person is guilty of refusing to aid a peace or a police officer
when, upon command by a peace or a police officer identifiable or
identified to him as such, he unreasonably fails or refuses to aid such
peace or a police officer in effecting an arrest, or in preventing the
commission by another person of any offense.

Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer is a class B misdemeanor.