A. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, knowingly commits any aggravated assault and battery upon the person of a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws, while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not more than life, a fine not exceeding One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Every person who, without justifiable or excusable cause, commits any aggravated assault and battery upon a person that the violator knows or should reasonably know is a police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any state peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws, that results in maiming as defined in Section 751 of this title, while the officer is in the performance of his or her duties shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than five (5) years nor more than life, a fine not exceeding Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00), or by both such fine and imprisonment. C. For purposes of this section, aggravated assault and battery upon law officers includes:
1. The physical contact with and an attempt to gain control of the firearm; or 2. The strangulation, of any police officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff, highway patrolman, corrections personnel as defined in Section 649 of this title, or any peace officer employed by any state or federal governmental agency to enforce state laws. As used in this subsection, “strangulation” shall have the same meaning as provided in subsection J of Section 644 of this title. D. This section shall not supersede any other act or acts but shall be cumulative thereto.