Ceres Municipal Code Ch. 13 Offenses by or Against Public Officers and Government

It shall be unlawful for any person to wear a uniform substantially similar to the official uniform of the Police Department except federal, State, County or local officers when so designated as their official uniform, or other persons authorized by the Chief of Police or his or her designee.

A uniform shall be deemed substantially similar to the uniform of the Police Department if it resembles the official uniform as to cause a reasonable person to believe that the person wearing the uniform is a member of the Police Department.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 1, 2-24-2020)

No person shall willfully tease, taunt, torment, strike, kick, mutilate, disable, injure, or interfere with any dog while being used by the Police or Fire Department, or any officer or employee thereof, in the performance of any function or duty of the Department.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 1, 2-24-2020)

It is unlawful:

A. To break, remove, damage, disturb or in any way interfere with any hose, wire, apparatus or appurtenance of the fire alarm system without first having a special permit or authority to do so from the Fire Chief;

B. Willfully or negligently to drive any vehicle over or across any fire hose, such hose then and there not being fully protected from damage thereby;

C. Willfully or negligently to obstruct or impede any member or apparatus of the Fire Department when such member or apparatus is going to or engaged in extinguishing a fire;

D. Willfully to give or turn in a false alarm;

E. To open or leave open, except for ordinary household purposes, any faucet or watercock directly or indirectly connected with the source from which the Fire Department derives its water supply for extinguishing fires, or to use or continue using for irrigating purposes any water from any pipe connected with said source of water supply, from and after a fire alarm during any part of the time the Fire Department is using such source of supply for fire extinguishment; or

F. For any person to park, stop or abandon any vehicle within 1,000 feet of any authorized emergency vehicle while such authorized emergency vehicle is actually engaged at the scene of any fire, accident, explosion, flood, riot, earthquake, or any other emergency.

(Ord. No. 2020-1056, § 1, 2-24-2020)