Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.11 — Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.11
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- Statute
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- New York Penal Law
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- New York
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- Nov 4, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 120.11 — Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 120.11 Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer.
A person is guilty of aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer when, with intent to cause serious physical injury to a person whom he knows or reasonably should know to be a police officer or a peace officer engaged in the course of performing his official duties, he causes such injury by means of a deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.
Aggravated assault upon a police officer or a peace officer is a class B felony.