Statute · New York Penal Law
N.Y. Penal Law § 195.10 — Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer
N.Y. Penal Law § 195.10
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Penal Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 195.10 Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer.
Citator
N.Y. Penal Law § 195.10 — Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 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.