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(A) A person is guilty of obstructing a law enforcement officer if the person knowingly does any of the following:

(1) Hinders, delays, interferes, impedes, prevents, obstructs or endangers any law enforcement officer in the performance of their official powers or duties;

(2) Refuses to cease an activity or behavior that creates a risk of injury to any person when ordered to do so by a law enforcement officer in the performance of their official powers or duties;

(3) Destroys, conceals or alters or attempts to destroy, conceal or alter any material which the person knows the law enforcement officer is attempting to obtain, secure or preserve during an investigation, search or arrest; or

(4) Refuses or fails to disperse or move on or fails to cease activity when lawfully directed to do so by a law enforcement officer in the performance of their official powers or duties.

(B) LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. Those persons responsible for the enforcement of the provisions of the Goodyear Municipal Code, including provisions related to fire, building, zoning, and life and safety codes; those individuals empowered to make arrests for offenses under the Goodyear Municipal Code; or those individuals responsible for the enforcement of federal or state criminal laws.

(C) A violation of this section is a Class 1 misdemeanor subject to the penalties set forth in Article 1-8. (Ord. 09-1201, passed 12-14-09)