Disarming of a Peace Officer; Defined & Punished

(a)A person commits the crime of disarming a peace officer, as defined by 17 GCA § 51101 if such person intentionally:

(1)removes, or attempts to remove, a firearm, deadly weapon, or less-lethal weapon, including any blunt impact, chemical, or conducted energy device, used in the performance of his or her official duties from the person of a peace officer while said officer is acting within the scope of his or her official duties; or

(2)deprives, or attempts to deprive, a peace officer of said officer’s use of a firearm, deadly weapon, or any other equipment described in Subsection (a)(1) of this Section while the officer is acting within the scope of his or her official duties.

(b)The provisions of this Section shall not apply when: COL3/1/2019 CH. 55 INTERFERENCE WITH GOVT. OPERATIONS

(1)the defendant does not know or could not reasonably have known that the person he or she disarmed was a peace officer; or

(2)the peace officer was engaged in an incident involving felonious conduct by the peace officer at the time the defendant disarmed said officer.

(c)An offense under this Section is a felony of the third degree, unless the defendant’s intent is to injure anyone, in which case the offense is a felony of the second degree.