ARTICLE D. OFFENSES RELATING TO GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS
6-3D-1: RESISTING ARREST:
A. It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly prevent or attempt to prevent any police officer acting under color of official authority from effecting an arrest of the actor or another by:
1. Using or threatening to use physical force or violence against the police officer or another; or
2. Using any other means which creates a substantial risk of causing physical injury to the police officer or another; or
3. Running from, eluding or hiding from a police officer or officers attempting to effect an arrest; or
4. While ambulatory, knowingly refusing to stand, walk or move in a manner as reasonably directed by a police officer; or
5. Attaching oneself to, holding onto, allowing oneself to be held onto, or clinging onto another person or object.
B. It is no defense to a prosecution under this section that the police officer was attempting to make an arrest which in fact was unlawful, if he was acting under color of official authority, and, was not resorting to unreasonable or excessive force giving rise to the right of self-defense. A police officer acts "under color of his official authority" when, in the regular course of assigned duties, he is called upon to make, and does make, a judgment in good faith based upon surrounding facts and circumstances that an arrest should be made by him. (Ord. 13, Series 1981)