20-77 Amend sections of General Off. to comply w/ state

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525.03 (2) (3) IMPEIIs()NATI()N OF PEACE O[!'ICER ell PRIVATE POI,ICEMAN. As used in this section: "~ (1) "Peace officer" means a sbt'riff, deputy sheriff, marshal, deputy marshal, member of the organized police depar, tment of a municipal corporation Or township constable who is employed by a political subdivision of this State or a State highway patrolman and whose primary duties are to preserve the peace, to protect life and property and to enforce the laws, ordinances or regulations of the State or any of its political subdivisions. "Private policeman" means any security guard, sl~cial policeman, private d&tective or other person wk,0 is privately employed in a police capacity. "Impersonate." means to act the part of, assume the identity of, wear the uniform or any part of the uniform of or &lsplay the' identification of a parti- cular person or of a mere[mr of a class of persons with purpose to make another person believe that the actor la that partlsular person or is a mem- ber of that class of persons. (b) No person shall impersonate a peace officer or a private policeman. (c) No person, by impersonating a [)e, ace officer or a private POliceman, shall arrest or detain any person, search any person or search the property of any person; (d) No person, with purpose to commit or facilitate the commission of an offense, shall impersonate a peace officer, a private policeman or an officer, agent or employee of the. State or the Municipality. '.' (e) It is an affirmative defense to a charge under subsection (b) hereof that the Imper- sonation of the peace officer was for a lawful purpose. ~ ~. (f) Whoever violatqs subsec£ion (b) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. Whoever violates subsections (c) or (d) hereof is guilty of a misdemeanor of ihe first degree, provided that the purl~.qe of a violation of subsection (d) hereof is not tq! corrunit or facilitate the.commission of a felony. (ORC 2921.51) Section 15. That Section 525.05 of the General Offenses Code of the Codified Ordinances of the City of Lakewood now reading as follows: 525.05 FAILURE TO REPOR'r A CRIME. (a) No person, knowing that a felony has been or is being committed, shall knowingly fail to repo~ such information to law enforcement authorities. (b) No physician, limited practitioner or nurse, or persen givingaid to a sick or injured person, shall negligently fail to report immediately to law enforcement authorities any gunshbt or stab wound treated or observed by him, or any serious physical harm to persons which he knows or has reasonable cause to believe resulted from an offense of violence. · ' (c) Subsection (a) hereof does not reqaire disclosure of information, when any of the following applies: (1) The information is privileged by reason of the relationskip between attorney " and client, doctor and patient, licensed psychologist or licensed school psychologist and client, priest and penitent, or husband and wife. (2) The information would tend to incriminate a member of the actor's immediate family. (3) Disclosure o'.' the information would amount to revealing a news source privi,!eged under Ohio R.C. 2739.04 or 2739.12. (4) Disclosure of the information would amount to disclosure by an ordained clergyman of an organized religious body of confidential communication made to lfim in his capacity as suCh by a person seeking his aid or counsel. (5) Disclosure would amount to revealing information acquiredby thc actor in the course of his duties in connection with a bona fide program of treatment or services for drug dependent persons or persons in danger of drug depen- dence, which program ts maintained or conducted by a hospital, clinic, ... Person, agency or orgmflzation registered pursuan': to Ohio R.C. 5122.51.