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509.05 GENERAL OFFENSES CODE 22B <br />(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of disturbing a lawful meeting, a <br />misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 2917.12) <br />509.05 MISCONDUCT AT AN EMERGENCY. <br />(a) No person shall knowingly: <br />(1) Hamper the lawful operations of any law enforcement officer, fireman, <br />rescuer, medical person or other authorized person, engaged in his duties <br />at the scene of a fire, accident, disaster, riot or emergency of any kind. <br />(2) Fail to obey the lawful order of any law enforcement officer engaged in <br />his duties at the scene of or in connection with a fire, accident, disaster, <br />riot or emergency of any kind. <br />(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit access or deny information to any <br />news media representative in the lawful exercise of his duties. - <br />(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of nsconduct at an emergency, a minor <br />misdemeanor. If violation of this section creates a risk of physical harm to persons or property, <br />misconduct at an emergency is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (ORC 2917.13) <br />509.06 INDUCING PANIC. <br />(a) No person shall cause the evacuation of any public place, or otherwise cause serious <br />public inconvenience or alarm, by doing any of the followmg: <br />(1) Initiating or circulating a report or warning of an alleged or impending <br />fire, explosion, crime or other catastrophe, knowing that such report or <br />warning is false; <br />(2) Threatening to commit any offense of violence; <br />(3) Committing any offense, with reckless disregard of the likelihood that its <br />commission will cause serious public inconvenience or alarm. <br />(b) Subsection (a) hereof does not apply to any person conducting an authorized fire <br />or emergency drill. <br />(c) Whoever violates this section is guilty of inducing panic, a misdemeanor of the first <br />degree. If inducing panic results in physical harm to any person, economic harm of five hundred <br />dollars ($500.00) or more, or if the public place involved in a violation of this section is a school, <br />inducing panic is a felony and shall be prosecuted under appropriate State law. <br />1999 Replacement <br />