Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer.
Known as the Washington Criminal Code
The act spans §§ 9A.04.010–9A.98.020 (401 sections).
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Gardner v. Loomis Armored, Inc. (1996)
Most recently applied in State v. Eaton (March 2010)
2011 c 336 s 398; 1975 1st ex.s. c 260 s 9A.76.030.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) A person is guilty of refusing to summon aid for a peace officer if, upon request by a person he or she knows to be a peace officer, he or she unreasonably refuses or fails to summon aid for such peace officer.
(2) Refusing to summon aid for a peace officer is a misdemeanor.
Official source: Washington State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Washington statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.