{"data":{"id":"us-de/11-del.-c.-1458","jurisdiction":"us-de","citation":"11 Del. C. § 1458","heading":"Removing a weapon from the possession of a law-enforcement officer; class C felony.","body":"(a) A person shall not knowingly or recklessly remove or attempt to remove a firearm or projectile weapon, disabling chemical spray, baton or other deadly weapon from the possession of another person or deprive the other person of its use if:\n(1) The person has knowledge or reason to know that the other person is employed as:\na. A law-enforcement officer including, but not limited to, all those defined as “police officer” in § 1911(a) of this title, who is authorized by law to make arrests;\nb. A sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, judicial assistant, court bailiff or other court security officer or court bailiff;\nc. An employee of the Department of Correction, the Division of Parole and Probation or the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services;\nd. A special investigator or state detective with the Delaware Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General; or\ne. An armored car guard licensed pursuant to § 1317 or § 1320 of Title 24; and\n(2) The other person is lawfully acting within the course and scope of that other person’s employment.\n(b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a class C felony.","path":["Title 11. Crimes and Criminal Procedure","Delaware Criminal Code","CHAPTER 5. Specific Offenses","Subchapter VII. Offenses Against Public Health, Order and Decency"],"source_url":"https://delcode.delaware.gov/title11/c005/sc07/index.html#1458","current_through":"2026-08-10 (85 Del. Laws, c. 421, 424)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T23:02:13Z","sha256":"5aebac1e698c54b2a82c620667562870d238d0fcc0c28f84c7c0d9954ef0c3f0","source_id":"us-de","stale":true,"prev":"us-de/11-del.-c.-1457c","next":"us-de/11-del.-c.-1459"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}