§ 5-01. False statement of emergency prohibited.

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It shall be unlawful for any person to willfully inform the fire alarm dispatcher, police dispatcher, or other fire or police official, that an ambulance or more than one (1) ambulance is needed at a location or address when such person knows that such statement is false.

(Ord. No. 3017, § 1, 10-6-77; Ord. No. 7379, § 1, 12-17-98)

Editor's note

For purposes of classification, the editor has redesignated former § 5-14 as § 5-01.

State law reference

False alarm or report, V.T.C.A., Penal Code § 42.06.

                    
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