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An Act To Make Creating a Police Standoff a Class E Crime
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  17-A MRSA §517  is enacted to read:
§ 517. Creating police standoff
 
1.  Creating police standoff.     A person is guilty of creating a police standoff if that person:
 
A.  Is in fact barricaded as a result of the person's own actions;
 
B.  Is or claims to be armed with a dangerous weapon;
 
C.  Is instructed by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency, either personally, electronically or in writing, to leave the barricaded location; and
 
D.  Fails in fact to leave the barricaded location within 1/2 hour of receiving the instruction as described in paragraph C from a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency.
 
2.  Class E crime.     Creating a police standoff is a Class E crime.
Sec. 2. 25 MRSA c. 405, as amended, is repealed.
 
Effective 90 days following adjournment of the 128th Legislature, First Regular Session, unless otherwise indicated.