Steps police officer may take for obstruction of public official
18 Steps police officer may take for obstruction of public official
This section applies if a public official claims to have been obstructed by a person in the exercise of the public official’s powers and a police officer reasonably suspects the obstruction has happened.
The police officer may ask the person whether the person has a reasonable excuse for the conduct and, if the person gives an excuse, ask for details or further details of the excuse.
If the person does not answer the question or gives an excuse the police officer reasonably suspects is not a reasonable excuse, the police officer may require the person to stop, or not repeat, the conduct.
This section does not apply if the public official is a police officer.
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