Resisting and Obstructing a Police Officer

If you have been charged with Resisting and Obstructing a police officer, the prosecutor believes you have knowingly and intentionally obstructed, resisted, opposed, assaulted, beat or wounded a law enforcement officer who was engaged in lawful acts or attempting to maintain the peace. Your acts or conduct must have actually interfered with the officer in carrying out those duties.

According to Michigan Statute, a resisting and obstructing a police officer arrest charge can be prosecuted in numerous ways.  However, the method of charging a resisting arrest charge is done by using statutes MCL 750.81d or MCL 750.479.  In these statutes, the constant requirement is that an individual who assaults, batters, wounds, resists, obstructs, opposes, or endangers a person who the individual knows or has reason to know is performing his or her duties is guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than 2 years or a fine of not more than $2,000.00, or both.  Specifically, MCL 750.81d covers alleged assaults of police officers, and MCL 750.479 covers other types of public officials.