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Northrock is a medium size city slightly north east of spawn. Northrock has many buildings most notably the NRTA Central Station situated in the center of the original town. | Northrock is a medium size city slightly north east of spawn. Northrock has many buildings most notably the NRTA Central Station situated in the center of the original town. | ||
== Notable Structures == | |||
=== City Building === | |||
=== Central Station === | |||
=== The PlaZa === | |||
The PlaZa has returned. Built in spawn city in previous revisions this time the PlaZa takes a smaller form. Focusing on small community stalls rather than big commercial shops. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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Northrock's first building was a small block of 3 shops in the south west corner of the city. | Northrock's first building was a small block of 3 shops in the south west corner of the city. | ||
In late may 2021 a website was made for Northrock. The website was designed to | [[Image:Northrock-Original-Buildings.png | 500px]] | ||
In late may 2021 a website was made for Northrock. The website was designed to mimic that of a regular city and contains information about the city, future developments, Northrock rail and more. | |||
[https://northrock.trogy.nz northrock.trogy.nz] | [https://northrock.trogy.nz northrock.trogy.nz] | ||
== Northrock Rail Transport Agency == | == Northrock Rail Transport Agency == | ||
From Northrock.trogy.nz/nrta: The NRTA was established to help guide Northrock's rail offering and provide future rail transport to | From Northrock.trogy.nz/nrta: The NRTA was established to help guide Northrock's rail offering and provide future rail transport to Northrock and the surrounding region. As Nerd.NU's only privately managed rail provider the NRTA is proud to be able to provide service for years to come. | ||
==== NRTA METRO ==== | |||
The NRTA Metro is an in progress project to connect Northrock with rapid automated underground rail transport. Being installed under the roads of Northrock this will stop off in every major area within Northrock boundaries. | |||
==== NRTA Northeastern Railway ==== | |||
==== NRTA Eastern Railway ==== | |||
==== NRTA Southeastern Railway ==== | |||
==== NRTA Scenic Railway ==== | |||
==== NRTA JUMP ==== | ==== NRTA JUMP ==== | ||
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The NRTA JUMP card is a fictional card allowing tap on and tap off riding on the Northrock Rail Network. | The NRTA JUMP card is a fictional card allowing tap on and tap off riding on the Northrock Rail Network. | ||
From Northrock.trogy.nz/nrta: JUMP into transport with a NRTA JUMP card | From Northrock.trogy.nz/nrta: JUMP into transport with a NRTA JUMP card available from Northrock Central Station | ||
JUMP will allow you to jump on and jump off trains without worrying about a ticket just simply top up online or in station its as easy as that! | JUMP will allow you to jump on and jump off trains without worrying about a ticket just simply top up online or in station its as easy as that! | ||
== Northrock Law == | |||
The following is the penal code for Northrock. Parts of this have been taken from various GTA RP Communities. | |||
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS | |||
===NORTHROCK PENAL CODE=== | |||
====TITLE 0 DEFINITIONS==== | |||
=====01. CITING CODE===== | |||
Legal usage for these codes requires that you refer to penal code entries in one of two ways: | |||
With the full title, underlined, prefix first. For example, (1)01. Criminal Threats or (10)01. Drivers Licenses | |||
With the prefix (x)xx. For example, (1)01. or (10)01. | |||
=====02 DEFININTIONS===== | |||
“Administrative Search” - An Administrative search is one that complies with all of the following; Serves a non investigative purpose. Serves the public good. Is only as invasive as required to meet the purpose given. Is applied either to all persons/property within or accessing a given area or is applied in a random manner. May be opted out of prior to the search commencing. Persons who opt out of a search may be denied access to the area being protected by the search. A person may not opt out of an administrative search after entering an area where a notice is published that searches may be conducted. | |||
“Affirmative Defense” - A new fact or set of facts that operates to defeat a claim even if the facts supporting that claim are true. Generally when a person admits to committing an act but states he/she has a reason for doing so which nullifies potential conviction. Most commonly used in self-defenses cases | |||
“Civilian” or "Citizen" - Any individual who is not an on-duty peace officer or national guardsman. | |||
“Community Property” - Joint ownership of all property acquired during a marriage. A party of a marriage cannot steal community property as he/she is considered an owner of that property. | |||
“Contraband” - Any property that it is illegal to produce or possess. In the context of a correctional facility any controller substance or alcoholic substance. | |||
“Deadly Force” - When a person intends to cause death or serious bodily harm or when he or she recognizes personal involvement in the creation of a substantial risk that death or bodily harm will occur. | |||
"Depraved Indifference to Human Life" When a person engages in conduct that poses a grave risk of death. A person has a depraved indifference to human life when that person has an utter disregard for the value of human life – a willingness to act, not because he or she means to cause grievous harm, but because he or she simply does not care whether or not grievous harm will result. In other words, a person who is depravedly indifferent is not just willing to take a grossly unreasonable risk to human life. Instead, that person does not care how the risk turns out. | |||
“Detain” - To prevent from proceeding. | |||
“Entrapment” - A practice whereby a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit a criminal offence that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit. For example charging a person with possession of a controlled substance after forcing said substance into his/her hand. | |||
“Force” - Power, violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing. | |||
“Government employee” - Any on-duty employee of a local, state, or federal agency. | |||
“Involuntary Intoxication” - A person who was drugged or had their awareness impaired against their will or knowledge. | |||
“Malice Aforethought” - With wanton disregard for human life, does an act that involves a high probability that it will result in death. | |||
“MDC” - Mobile Database of Criminals, or the official State of San Andreas database system for criminal and personal identification and information."Stacking Charges" refers to a suspect committing a specific crime on multiple occasions or during multiple incidents. Each "stacked charge" or "count" of the crime will be added to the criminal's record and includes all related punishments, subject to (10)00 Exceptions. | |||
“Necessity” - With respect to an affirmative defense, the act of committing a violation of the penal code because the alternative would create a significant risk of harm to oneself, others, or a situation worse then if the act were committed. Necessity protections do not apply to property (however self-defense may) and do not apply for cases where the acts of the individual created the need for the violations. | |||
“One Party Notification Policy” - So long as one party (either person on the phone, in a facility, or other location where a conversation or event is being recorded) is aware of the situation it is considered a legal recording. Property owners always have full surveillance rights to their property and facilities, parking lots, etc. they maintain. | |||
“Peace Officer” - An individual who is, through a badge, unique identifier, or other internal police protocol, an on-duty officer of the law. Departments employing peace officers are expected to maintain appropriate internal policy to distinguish when an officer is on duty, plain clothes, and other states besides a typically uniformed officer. | |||
“Person” - Any living human being or individual. | |||
“Plain View Doctrine” - Legal doctrine that allows an officer to seize without warrant, evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a lawful observation. For plain view doctrine to apply the officer must be lawful present at the place where the evidence can be plainly viewed, have a lawful right of access to the object, and incriminating character of the object to be “immediately apparent.” The standard of probable cause is used to determine if an object is evidence or contraband. Such items seized under this doctrine can be used as probable cause to obtain an arrest and/or search warrant. | |||
“Premeditation” - Planning, plotting or deliberating before doing something. | |||
“Probable Cause” - Apparent facts discovered through logical inquiry that would lead a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that an accused person has committed a crime, thereby warranting his or her prosecution and/or search of his or her person or property. | |||
“Property” - Anything that is owned by a person or entity. | |||
“Reasonable Suspicion” - A legal standard of proof that requires specific and articulable facts taken together with rational inferences from those facts. For example a report of a Blue and White Rumpo Van shooting at another car at a location followed by a peace officer observing an identical van within 500’ and 2 minutes of the event would be reasonable suspicion. On the other hand a report of a blue van committing an offense at a location would not be reasonable suspicion to pull over a blue van 20 minutes and 3 miles away. | |||
“Risk” - The potential danger that threatens to harm or destroy an object, event, or person. | |||
“Self-Defense” - The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. Generally a person may use reasonable force when it appears reasonably necessary to prevent an impending injury. A person using force in self-defense should use only so much force as is required to repel the attack. Nondeadly force can be used to repel either a nondeadly attack or a deadly attack. Deadly Force may be used to fend off an attacker who is using deadly force but may not be used to repel an attacker who is not using deadly force. Self defense also applies to the defense of others. Self-Defense does not apply in cases where a person has placed his or herself directly in harms way (for example by attacking another person or committing a criminal act against another) | |||
“Substantial Risk” - Means a strong possibility, as contrasted with a remote or even a significant possibility, that a certain result may occur or that a certain circumstance may exist. It is risk of such a nature and degree that to disregard it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in such a situation. | |||
“Terry Frisk” - quickly patting down the clothes of a possible criminal suspect to determine if there is a concealed weapon. This police action is generally considered legal (constitutional) without a search warrant. | |||
"Wanton Disregard for Safety" - With respect to driving violations includes, but is not limited to committing either three or more violations within rapid succession, damaging property, driving on a unpopulated sidewalk, pedestrian passageway, or plaza, meandering between lanes of traffic erratically, demonstrating poor control of the motor vehicle or driving decisions, or driving at excessive speeds while violating other sections of this code. | |||
“Weapon” - Any object, tool or item, whether or not regulated or manufactured, that a person utilizes to inflict harm, threaten harm, or utilize in lieu of a regulated or manufactured item that, when used as intended, can inflict harm. | |||
“Public Working Animal” - Any animals whose had professional and licensed training to assist First Responders in their duties. | |||
“Machinegun” means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person. | |||
“Function check” Is it term used to determine if a firearm is semi-automatic or fully automatic without firing the weapon. | |||
“Firearm” or “Gun” means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or compressed gas; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm. | |||
The terms “firearm silencer” and “firearm muffler” mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication. | |||
The term “antique firearm” means: | |||
(A) Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; or | |||
(B) Any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica: | |||
(1) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition. | |||
(2) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. | |||
(C) Any muzzle loading rifle, muzzle loading shotgun, or muzzle loading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition. | |||
For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “antique firearm” shall not include any weapon which incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof. | |||
The term “destructive device” means | |||
Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas | |||
bomb | |||
grenade | |||
Any operational rocket having a propellant charge | |||
Any operational missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce | |||
mine(s) | |||
Any caliber greater than .50 | |||
=====03 CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES===== | |||
All violations of this penal code are classified in 1 of 3 ways. | |||
Infraction - Least serious violation of the penal code. Results in a fine and/or loss of a privilege. | |||
Misdemeanor - Minor violation of the penal code. Results in arrest, a fine and/or jail time. | |||
Felony - Serious violation of the penal code. Results in a fine and jail time. | |||
====TITLE 1.CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON==== | |||
=====01.Criminal Threats===== | |||
A person who communicates to another that they will physically harm or kill such other, placing such other in a reasonable state of fear for their own safety is guilty under this code section. | |||
A person who communicates that they will physically harm or kill another person’s close friends or relatives is guilty under this code section. | |||
Such communication can be not just verbal, but also in writing or transmitted through other media is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)01 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 30 Days Maximum 3 Years imprisonment. | |||
NOTE: Criminal Threats differs from assault in terms of the distance between the acts. Criminal Threats can occur across the street, while assault is up close, within reach of leading to battery | |||
=====02. Assault===== | |||
A person who intentionally puts another in the reasonable belief of imminent physical harm or offensive contact is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)02 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 30 Days Maximum 3 Years imprisonment and a fine of $2,000. | |||
NOTE: Assault is defined by distance the threats occur. Someone a few feet away threatening to harm or kill you at any moment is assault. Criminal Threats is less severe as there’s a distance that someone can escape through, or that the perpetrator has more time to reconsider the threat. Any unwanted physical contact is considered to be battery, however grabbing someone during a threat may be either assault or battery, depending on intention and interpretation. | |||
=====03. Assault With A Deadly Weapon===== | |||
A person who attempts to cause or threaten immediate harm to another while using a weapon, tool, or other dangerous item to communicate that threat is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)03 are a felony with Minimum 1 Year Maximum 25 Years imprisonment imprisonment and a fine of $15,000. | |||
=====04. Battery===== | |||
A person who uses intentional and unlawful force or violence to cause physical harm to another person is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)04 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 1 Year Maximum 15 Years imprisonment and a fine of $3,500. | |||
05. Aggravated Battery | |||
A person who commits battery and serious bodily injury is inflicted on the person is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)05 are a felony with Minimum 5 Year Maximum 35 Years imprisonment. | |||
=====06. Attempted Murder===== | |||
A person who takes a direct step towards killing another person and intended to kill that person is guilty under this code section . | |||
A person who is hired to murder, slay, or execute another person for material or financial gain, even if a direct step towards the killing is not taken, is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)06 are a felony with Minimum 5 Year Maximum 35 Years imprisonment and a fine of $12,500. | |||
=====07. Manslaughter===== | |||
A person who unintentionally kills another, with or without a quarrel or heat of passion is guilty under this code section. | |||
A person who, through a criminal accident or negligence, causes someone's death is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)07 are a felony with Minimum 5 Year Maximum 45 Years imprisonment. | |||
NOTE: Manslaughter is homicide that is not premeditated or proven to have intent or an opportunity to pause and reflect on killing that person. An opportunity to reflect (and therefore possibly change your mind) demonstrates premeditation and is murder. Manslaughter is only charged in the penal code when some sort of criminal negligence or action can be proven. | |||
=====08. Second Degree Murder===== | |||
A person who unlawfully kills another with malice aforethought is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)08 are a felony with Minimum 15 Year Maximum 60 Years imprisonment | |||
=====09. First Degree Murder===== | |||
A person who commits murder while engaging in a felony offense that has been proven to be a premeditated act is guilty under this code section. | |||
A person who commits murder which is done in a way that is willful, deliberate and premeditated is guilty under this code section. | |||
*Note* Any death that is from negligence, from outside of the person who committed the act control, then they cannot be charged under this section. Example: If a person who is injured, who has a person who has the ability to call for help or has emergency services on scene who through either negligence, or lack of action and that person dies, they can’t be charged under this section. It would fall under Second Degree. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)09 are a felony with life imprisonment. | |||
=====10. False Imprisonment===== | |||
A person who intentionally and unlawfully restrained, detained, or confined a person and made the person stay or go somewhere against his or her will is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)10 are a misdemeanor with Maximum 1 Years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. | |||
=====11. Kidnapping===== | |||
A person who forcibly, or by any other means of instilling fear, steals or takes, or holds, detains, or arrests any person is guilty under this code section. | |||
A person who commits false imprisonment for the purpose of protection of arrest is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)11 are a felony with Minimum 2 Year Maximum 25 Years imprisonment. | |||
=====12. Torture===== | |||
A person who intentionally causes extreme pain and suffering to someone is guilty under this code section. | |||
A person who causes pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)12 are a felony with Minimum 30 Year Maximum life imprisonment. | |||
=====13. Reckless Endangerment - Misdemeanor===== | |||
A person who’s conduct creates a substantial serious risk of injury to another person is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)13 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 1 Year Maximum 15 Years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000. | |||
=====14. Reckless Endangerment - Felony===== | |||
A person who under circumstances indicating a depraved indifference to human life recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person is guilty under this code section. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)14 are a felony Minimum 5 Year Maximum 45 Years imprisonment and a fine of $3,200. | |||
=====15. Desecration of a Human Corpse===== | |||
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly, and willfully desecrate a human corpse for any of the following purposes: | |||
Tampering with the evidence of a crime | |||
Camouflaging the death of a human being | |||
Disposing of a dead body | |||
Impeding or prohibiting the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a crime | |||
Altering, inhibiting or concealing the identification of a dead body, a crime victim, or a criminal offender | |||
Disrupting, prohibiting, or interfering with any law enforcement agency or the office of the coroner in detecting, investigating, examining, determining, identifying or processing a dead body, cause of death, the scene where a dead body is found, or any forensic examination or investigation relating to the dead body or a crime. | |||
- Violations of Penal Code (1)15 are a felony with Minimum 10 Year Maximum 65 Years imprisonment and a fine of $10,500. | |||
Note: “Desecration of a human corpse” means any act committed after the death of a human being including, but not limited to, dismemberment, disfigurement, mutilation, burning, or any act committed to cause the dead body to be devoured, scattered or dissipated; except, those procedures performed by a state agency or licensed authority in due course of its duties and responsibilities. |
Latest revision as of 15:20, 12 June 2021
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Server | Creative |
Map revision | 36 (current) |
Coordinates | 746, -607 |
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Lead | djtrogy |
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Started | 2021 |
Completed | Ongoing |
Northrock is a medium size city slightly north east of spawn. Northrock has many buildings most notably the NRTA Central Station situated in the center of the original town.
Notable Structures
City Building
Central Station
The PlaZa
The PlaZa has returned. Built in spawn city in previous revisions this time the PlaZa takes a smaller form. Focusing on small community stalls rather than big commercial shops.
History
The original land claim for Northrock was on Monday the 3rd of May 2021 and was only a fraction of the size it is today. The original build was based around Arcadia Bay from life is strange and grew from a small town to a medium sized city getting its first skyscrapers in june of 2021.
Northrock's first building was a small block of 3 shops in the south west corner of the city.
In late may 2021 a website was made for Northrock. The website was designed to mimic that of a regular city and contains information about the city, future developments, Northrock rail and more. northrock.trogy.nz
Northrock Rail Transport Agency
From Northrock.trogy.nz/nrta: The NRTA was established to help guide Northrock's rail offering and provide future rail transport to Northrock and the surrounding region. As Nerd.NU's only privately managed rail provider the NRTA is proud to be able to provide service for years to come.
NRTA METRO
The NRTA Metro is an in progress project to connect Northrock with rapid automated underground rail transport. Being installed under the roads of Northrock this will stop off in every major area within Northrock boundaries.
NRTA Northeastern Railway
NRTA Eastern Railway
NRTA Southeastern Railway
NRTA Scenic Railway
NRTA JUMP
The NRTA JUMP card is a fictional card allowing tap on and tap off riding on the Northrock Rail Network.
From Northrock.trogy.nz/nrta: JUMP into transport with a NRTA JUMP card available from Northrock Central Station JUMP will allow you to jump on and jump off trains without worrying about a ticket just simply top up online or in station its as easy as that!
Northrock Law
The following is the penal code for Northrock. Parts of this have been taken from various GTA RP Communities.
THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS
NORTHROCK PENAL CODE
TITLE 0 DEFINITIONS
01. CITING CODE
Legal usage for these codes requires that you refer to penal code entries in one of two ways:
With the full title, underlined, prefix first. For example, (1)01. Criminal Threats or (10)01. Drivers Licenses
With the prefix (x)xx. For example, (1)01. or (10)01.
02 DEFININTIONS
“Administrative Search” - An Administrative search is one that complies with all of the following; Serves a non investigative purpose. Serves the public good. Is only as invasive as required to meet the purpose given. Is applied either to all persons/property within or accessing a given area or is applied in a random manner. May be opted out of prior to the search commencing. Persons who opt out of a search may be denied access to the area being protected by the search. A person may not opt out of an administrative search after entering an area where a notice is published that searches may be conducted.
“Affirmative Defense” - A new fact or set of facts that operates to defeat a claim even if the facts supporting that claim are true. Generally when a person admits to committing an act but states he/she has a reason for doing so which nullifies potential conviction. Most commonly used in self-defenses cases
“Civilian” or "Citizen" - Any individual who is not an on-duty peace officer or national guardsman.
“Community Property” - Joint ownership of all property acquired during a marriage. A party of a marriage cannot steal community property as he/she is considered an owner of that property.
“Contraband” - Any property that it is illegal to produce or possess. In the context of a correctional facility any controller substance or alcoholic substance.
“Deadly Force” - When a person intends to cause death or serious bodily harm or when he or she recognizes personal involvement in the creation of a substantial risk that death or bodily harm will occur.
"Depraved Indifference to Human Life" When a person engages in conduct that poses a grave risk of death. A person has a depraved indifference to human life when that person has an utter disregard for the value of human life – a willingness to act, not because he or she means to cause grievous harm, but because he or she simply does not care whether or not grievous harm will result. In other words, a person who is depravedly indifferent is not just willing to take a grossly unreasonable risk to human life. Instead, that person does not care how the risk turns out.
“Detain” - To prevent from proceeding.
“Entrapment” - A practice whereby a law enforcement agent induces a person to commit a criminal offence that the person would have otherwise been unlikely to commit. For example charging a person with possession of a controlled substance after forcing said substance into his/her hand.
“Force” - Power, violence, compulsion, or constraint exerted upon or against a person or thing.
“Government employee” - Any on-duty employee of a local, state, or federal agency.
“Involuntary Intoxication” - A person who was drugged or had their awareness impaired against their will or knowledge.
“Malice Aforethought” - With wanton disregard for human life, does an act that involves a high probability that it will result in death.
“MDC” - Mobile Database of Criminals, or the official State of San Andreas database system for criminal and personal identification and information."Stacking Charges" refers to a suspect committing a specific crime on multiple occasions or during multiple incidents. Each "stacked charge" or "count" of the crime will be added to the criminal's record and includes all related punishments, subject to (10)00 Exceptions.
“Necessity” - With respect to an affirmative defense, the act of committing a violation of the penal code because the alternative would create a significant risk of harm to oneself, others, or a situation worse then if the act were committed. Necessity protections do not apply to property (however self-defense may) and do not apply for cases where the acts of the individual created the need for the violations.
“One Party Notification Policy” - So long as one party (either person on the phone, in a facility, or other location where a conversation or event is being recorded) is aware of the situation it is considered a legal recording. Property owners always have full surveillance rights to their property and facilities, parking lots, etc. they maintain.
“Peace Officer” - An individual who is, through a badge, unique identifier, or other internal police protocol, an on-duty officer of the law. Departments employing peace officers are expected to maintain appropriate internal policy to distinguish when an officer is on duty, plain clothes, and other states besides a typically uniformed officer.
“Person” - Any living human being or individual.
“Plain View Doctrine” - Legal doctrine that allows an officer to seize without warrant, evidence and contraband that are found in plain view during a lawful observation. For plain view doctrine to apply the officer must be lawful present at the place where the evidence can be plainly viewed, have a lawful right of access to the object, and incriminating character of the object to be “immediately apparent.” The standard of probable cause is used to determine if an object is evidence or contraband. Such items seized under this doctrine can be used as probable cause to obtain an arrest and/or search warrant.
“Premeditation” - Planning, plotting or deliberating before doing something.
“Probable Cause” - Apparent facts discovered through logical inquiry that would lead a reasonably intelligent and prudent person to believe that an accused person has committed a crime, thereby warranting his or her prosecution and/or search of his or her person or property.
“Property” - Anything that is owned by a person or entity.
“Reasonable Suspicion” - A legal standard of proof that requires specific and articulable facts taken together with rational inferences from those facts. For example a report of a Blue and White Rumpo Van shooting at another car at a location followed by a peace officer observing an identical van within 500’ and 2 minutes of the event would be reasonable suspicion. On the other hand a report of a blue van committing an offense at a location would not be reasonable suspicion to pull over a blue van 20 minutes and 3 miles away.
“Risk” - The potential danger that threatens to harm or destroy an object, event, or person.
“Self-Defense” - The protection of one's person or property against some injury attempted by another. Generally a person may use reasonable force when it appears reasonably necessary to prevent an impending injury. A person using force in self-defense should use only so much force as is required to repel the attack. Nondeadly force can be used to repel either a nondeadly attack or a deadly attack. Deadly Force may be used to fend off an attacker who is using deadly force but may not be used to repel an attacker who is not using deadly force. Self defense also applies to the defense of others. Self-Defense does not apply in cases where a person has placed his or herself directly in harms way (for example by attacking another person or committing a criminal act against another)
“Substantial Risk” - Means a strong possibility, as contrasted with a remote or even a significant possibility, that a certain result may occur or that a certain circumstance may exist. It is risk of such a nature and degree that to disregard it constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care that a reasonable person would exercise in such a situation.
“Terry Frisk” - quickly patting down the clothes of a possible criminal suspect to determine if there is a concealed weapon. This police action is generally considered legal (constitutional) without a search warrant.
"Wanton Disregard for Safety" - With respect to driving violations includes, but is not limited to committing either three or more violations within rapid succession, damaging property, driving on a unpopulated sidewalk, pedestrian passageway, or plaza, meandering between lanes of traffic erratically, demonstrating poor control of the motor vehicle or driving decisions, or driving at excessive speeds while violating other sections of this code.
“Weapon” - Any object, tool or item, whether or not regulated or manufactured, that a person utilizes to inflict harm, threaten harm, or utilize in lieu of a regulated or manufactured item that, when used as intended, can inflict harm.
“Public Working Animal” - Any animals whose had professional and licensed training to assist First Responders in their duties.
“Machinegun” means any weapon which shoots, is designed to shoot, or can be readily restored to shoot, automatically more than one shot, without manual reloading, by a single function of the trigger. The term shall also include the frame or receiver of any such weapon, any part designed and intended solely and exclusively, or combination of parts designed and intended, for use in converting a weapon into a machinegun, and any combination of parts from which a machinegun can be assembled if such parts are in the possession or under the control of a person.
“Function check” Is it term used to determine if a firearm is semi-automatic or fully automatic without firing the weapon.
“Firearm” or “Gun” means (A) any weapon (including a starter gun) which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive or compressed gas; (B) the frame or receiver of any such weapon; (C) any firearm muffler or firearm silencer; or (D) any destructive device. Such term does not include an antique firearm.
The terms “firearm silencer” and “firearm muffler” mean any device for silencing, muffling, or diminishing the report of a portable firearm, including any combination of parts, designed or redesigned, and intended for use in assembling or fabricating a firearm silencer or firearm muffler, and any part intended only for use in such assembly or fabrication.
The term “antique firearm” means: (A) Any firearm (including any firearm with a matchlock, flintlock, percussion cap, or similar type of ignition system) manufactured in or before 1898; or (B) Any replica of any firearm described in subparagraph (A) if such replica: (1) Is not designed or redesigned for using rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition. (2) Uses rimfire or conventional centerfire fixed ammunition which is no longer manufactured in the United States and which is not readily available in the ordinary channels of commercial trade. (C) Any muzzle loading rifle, muzzle loading shotgun, or muzzle loading pistol, which is designed to use black powder, or a black powder substitute, and which cannot use fixed ammunition. For purposes of this subparagraph, the term “antique firearm” shall not include any weapon which incorporates a firearm frame or receiver, any firearm which is converted into a muzzle loading weapon, or any muzzle loading weapon which can be readily converted to fire fixed ammunition by replacing the barrel, bolt, breechblock, or any combination thereof.
The term “destructive device” means Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas bomb grenade Any operational rocket having a propellant charge Any operational missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce mine(s) Any caliber greater than .50
03 CLASSIFICATION OF CRIMES
All violations of this penal code are classified in 1 of 3 ways.
Infraction - Least serious violation of the penal code. Results in a fine and/or loss of a privilege. Misdemeanor - Minor violation of the penal code. Results in arrest, a fine and/or jail time. Felony - Serious violation of the penal code. Results in a fine and jail time.
TITLE 1.CRIMES AGAINST THE PERSON
01.Criminal Threats
A person who communicates to another that they will physically harm or kill such other, placing such other in a reasonable state of fear for their own safety is guilty under this code section. A person who communicates that they will physically harm or kill another person’s close friends or relatives is guilty under this code section. Such communication can be not just verbal, but also in writing or transmitted through other media is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)01 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 30 Days Maximum 3 Years imprisonment.
NOTE: Criminal Threats differs from assault in terms of the distance between the acts. Criminal Threats can occur across the street, while assault is up close, within reach of leading to battery
02. Assault
A person who intentionally puts another in the reasonable belief of imminent physical harm or offensive contact is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)02 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 30 Days Maximum 3 Years imprisonment and a fine of $2,000.
NOTE: Assault is defined by distance the threats occur. Someone a few feet away threatening to harm or kill you at any moment is assault. Criminal Threats is less severe as there’s a distance that someone can escape through, or that the perpetrator has more time to reconsider the threat. Any unwanted physical contact is considered to be battery, however grabbing someone during a threat may be either assault or battery, depending on intention and interpretation.
03. Assault With A Deadly Weapon
A person who attempts to cause or threaten immediate harm to another while using a weapon, tool, or other dangerous item to communicate that threat is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)03 are a felony with Minimum 1 Year Maximum 25 Years imprisonment imprisonment and a fine of $15,000.
04. Battery
A person who uses intentional and unlawful force or violence to cause physical harm to another person is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)04 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 1 Year Maximum 15 Years imprisonment and a fine of $3,500.
05. Aggravated Battery
A person who commits battery and serious bodily injury is inflicted on the person is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)05 are a felony with Minimum 5 Year Maximum 35 Years imprisonment.
06. Attempted Murder
A person who takes a direct step towards killing another person and intended to kill that person is guilty under this code section . A person who is hired to murder, slay, or execute another person for material or financial gain, even if a direct step towards the killing is not taken, is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)06 are a felony with Minimum 5 Year Maximum 35 Years imprisonment and a fine of $12,500.
07. Manslaughter
A person who unintentionally kills another, with or without a quarrel or heat of passion is guilty under this code section. A person who, through a criminal accident or negligence, causes someone's death is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)07 are a felony with Minimum 5 Year Maximum 45 Years imprisonment.
NOTE: Manslaughter is homicide that is not premeditated or proven to have intent or an opportunity to pause and reflect on killing that person. An opportunity to reflect (and therefore possibly change your mind) demonstrates premeditation and is murder. Manslaughter is only charged in the penal code when some sort of criminal negligence or action can be proven.
08. Second Degree Murder
A person who unlawfully kills another with malice aforethought is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)08 are a felony with Minimum 15 Year Maximum 60 Years imprisonment
09. First Degree Murder
A person who commits murder while engaging in a felony offense that has been proven to be a premeditated act is guilty under this code section. A person who commits murder which is done in a way that is willful, deliberate and premeditated is guilty under this code section.
- Note* Any death that is from negligence, from outside of the person who committed the act control, then they cannot be charged under this section. Example: If a person who is injured, who has a person who has the ability to call for help or has emergency services on scene who through either negligence, or lack of action and that person dies, they can’t be charged under this section. It would fall under Second Degree.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)09 are a felony with life imprisonment.
10. False Imprisonment
A person who intentionally and unlawfully restrained, detained, or confined a person and made the person stay or go somewhere against his or her will is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)10 are a misdemeanor with Maximum 1 Years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000.
11. Kidnapping
A person who forcibly, or by any other means of instilling fear, steals or takes, or holds, detains, or arrests any person is guilty under this code section. A person who commits false imprisonment for the purpose of protection of arrest is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)11 are a felony with Minimum 2 Year Maximum 25 Years imprisonment.
12. Torture
A person who intentionally causes extreme pain and suffering to someone is guilty under this code section. A person who causes pain and suffering for the purpose of revenge, extortion, persuasion, or for any sadistic purpose is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)12 are a felony with Minimum 30 Year Maximum life imprisonment.
13. Reckless Endangerment - Misdemeanor
A person who’s conduct creates a substantial serious risk of injury to another person is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)13 are a misdemeanor with Minimum 1 Year Maximum 15 Years imprisonment and a fine of $1,000.
14. Reckless Endangerment - Felony
A person who under circumstances indicating a depraved indifference to human life recklessly engages in conduct which creates a grave risk of death to another person is guilty under this code section.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)14 are a felony Minimum 5 Year Maximum 45 Years imprisonment and a fine of $3,200.
15. Desecration of a Human Corpse
It is unlawful for any person to knowingly, and willfully desecrate a human corpse for any of the following purposes:
Tampering with the evidence of a crime Camouflaging the death of a human being Disposing of a dead body Impeding or prohibiting the detection, investigation, or prosecution of a crime Altering, inhibiting or concealing the identification of a dead body, a crime victim, or a criminal offender Disrupting, prohibiting, or interfering with any law enforcement agency or the office of the coroner in detecting, investigating, examining, determining, identifying or processing a dead body, cause of death, the scene where a dead body is found, or any forensic examination or investigation relating to the dead body or a crime.
- Violations of Penal Code (1)15 are a felony with Minimum 10 Year Maximum 65 Years imprisonment and a fine of $10,500.
Note: “Desecration of a human corpse” means any act committed after the death of a human being including, but not limited to, dismemberment, disfigurement, mutilation, burning, or any act committed to cause the dead body to be devoured, scattered or dissipated; except, those procedures performed by a state agency or licensed authority in due course of its duties and responsibilities.