An Act To Make Creating a Police Standoff a Class E Crime
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 17-A MRSA §517 is enacted to read:
§ 517. Creating police standoff
1. Creating police standoff. A person is guilty of creating a police standoff if that person:
A. Is in fact barricaded as a result of the person's own actions;
B. Is or claims to be armed with a dangerous weapon;
C. Is instructed by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, either personally, electronically or in writing, to leave the barricaded location; and
D. Fails in fact to leave the barricaded location within 1/2 hour of receiving the instruction as described in paragraph C from a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency.
2. Class E crime. Creating a police standoff is a Class E crime.
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA c. 405, as amended, is repealed.
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.