{"data":{"id":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-195.10","jurisdiction":"us-ny","citation":"N.Y. Penal Law § 195.10","heading":"Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer","body":"§ 195.10 Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer.\n  A person is guilty of refusing to aid a peace or a police officer\nwhen, upon command by a peace or a police officer identifiable or\nidentified to him as such, he unreasonably fails or refuses to aid such\npeace or a police officer in effecting an arrest, or in preventing the\ncommission by another person of any offense.\n  Refusing to aid a peace or a police officer is a class B misdemeanor.","path":["Penal Law","Part 3. Specific Offenses","Title L. Offenses Against Public Administration","Article 195. Official Misconduct and Obstruction of Public Servants Generally"],"source_url":"https://legislation.nysenate.gov/api/3/laws/PEN/195.10","current_through":"2026-09-11","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:32:45Z","sha256":"6a20727cd1297b80003149b1136aa437305fe7367ab70329f5d2f0cf03b1f94d","source_id":"us-ny","stale":false,"prev":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-195.08","next":"us-ny/n.y.-penal-law-195.11"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}