<HTML><BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff" STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;color:#000000; background-color:#ffffff; "><DIV>You have answered the question brilliantly, Jennifer! But you still haven't said whether or not I can perform a citizen's arrest and/or shoot spitters within the Moscow city limits. (Please say yes. I'm ready, I really am.)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joan/Auntie</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Jennifer McFarland</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, February 10, 2005 7:56 AM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> 'Joan Opyr'; 'David M. Budge'</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Cc:</B> 'Vision2020 Moscow'</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Vision2020] Re: Well, It ain't plumbing</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2604" name=GENERATOR> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005>Visionaries:</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005>The easy answer to Ms. Opyr's question is that The County doesn't enforce The City's codes </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005>Elaborating, County Sheriff's Deputies are tasked with enforcing Idaho State Code and County ordinances. City Police enforce State and City codes. Several of the small towns that are serviced by the Latah County Sheriff's Office have city codes as well. Those towns contract with the County for the enforcement of those codes--but any court cases that transpire because of citations written regarding those codes are the financial responsibility of those respective city governments. As such, even the smaller communities favor using State Codes to govern things like indecency, alcohol laws, etc. (Note: "open container in public" laws are laws that are determined by City Ordinance rather than state code. So, feel free to wander the streets with a beer in your hand during Genesee's Crab Feed--but not at Moscow's Mardi Gras. Oh--but get a designated driver for both festivities). Latah County doesn't have the authority to write citations based on violations of Moscow City Codes because they do not contract with us because they have their own paid and competent Police. </SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005>So, this means that the County looks to the State Code on issues of obscenity, specifically:</SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005> <EM>TITLE 18<BR> CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS<BR> CHAPTER 41<BR> INDECENCY AND OBSCENITY<BR> 18-4116. INDECENT EXPOSURE. Every person who willfully and lewdly,<BR>either:<BR> (1) Exposes his or her genitals, in any public place, or in any place<BR>where there is present another person or persons who are offended or annoyed<BR>thereby; or,<BR> (2) Procures, counsels, or assists any person so to expose his or her<BR>genitals, where there is present another person or persons who are offended or<BR>annoyed thereby is guilty of a misdemeanor.<BR> Any person who pleads guilty to or is found guilty of a violation of<BR>subsection (1) or (2) of this section or a similar statute in another state or<BR>any local jurisdiction for a second time within five (5) years,<BR>notwithstanding the form of the judgment(s) or withheld judgment(s), is guilty<BR>of a felony.<BR></EM> <P><BR><SPAN class=745351015-10022005>First, you'll notice where it says "Every person who <STRONG>willfully</STRONG> and <STRONG>lewdly</STRONG> . . ." In order for an officer to write the citation, we'd have to determine that a) the person was <EM>purposefully </EM>exposing him/herself and b) was in a <EM>lascivious </EM>state of mind. Secondly, you'll notice that the code specifies "genitals" as opposed to breasts, buttocks, etc. (genitals = penis/vagina).</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN class=745351015-10022005>The only code that specifically addresses exposure of ones "butt crack," though not in those terms, is in the Title 23 Alcohol Codes:</SPAN></P> <P><SPAN class=745351015-10022005></SPAN> </P></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005> <EM>TITLE 23<BR> ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES<BR> CHAPTER 6<BR> PENAL PROVISIONS<BR> 23-614. PROHIBITED ACTS -- MISDEMEANORS -- PENALTIES. (1) No person,<BR>partnership, association or corporation shall conduct, permit, or encourage<BR>any of the following acts or activities in or upon premises licensed pursuant<BR>to title 23, Idaho Code:<BR> (a) Employment or use of any person, <STRONG>including allowing any person on the<BR> premises</STRONG>, while such person is unclothed or in such attire, costume or<BR> clothing as to expose to view any portion of the female breast below the<BR> top of the areola or of any portion of the pubic hair, anus, <STRONG>cleft of the<BR> buttocks</STRONG>, vulva or genitals.<BR> (b) Employment or use of any person who touches, caresses or fondles the<BR> breast, buttocks, anus or genitals of any other person, or who is so<BR> touched, caressed or fondled by another person.<BR> (c) Employment or use of any person to wear or use any device or<BR> covering, exposed to view, which simulates the breast, genitals, anus,<BR> pubic hair or any portion thereof.<BR> (d) Employment or use of any person to perform acts of or acts which<BR> simulate sexual intercourse, masturbation, sodomy, bestiality, oral<BR> copulation, flagellation or any sexual acts which are prohibited by law.<BR> (e) The showing of films, still pictures, electronic reproductions, or<BR> other visual reproductions depicting:<BR> (i) Acts or simulated acts of sexual intercourse, masturbation,<BR> sodomy, bestiality, oral copulation, flagellation or any sexual acts<BR> which are prohibited by law.<BR> (ii) Any person being touched, caressed or fondled on the breast,<BR> buttocks, anus or genitals.<BR> (iii) Scenes wherein a person displays the vulva or the anus or the<BR> genitals.<BR> (iv) Scenes wherein artificial devices or inanimate objects are<BR> employed to portray any of the prohibited activities described in<BR> this section.<BR> (2) A violation of any of the provisions of this section by any agent,<BR>employee, or other person in any way acting on behalf of a licensee shall<BR>constitute a misdemeanor, and upon conviction such person shall be fined not<BR>less than the sum of one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than the sum of three<BR>hundred dollars ($300), or be imprisoned in the county jail for not less than<BR>thirty (30) days nor more than six (6) months, or both such fine and<BR>imprisonment. Any court in which a judgment of conviction is entered shall<BR>certify a copy thereof to the director, and the director shall thereupon<BR>commence administrative proceedings. The director shall review the<BR>circumstances and may take action he considers appropriate against the<BR>licensee including suspension of the license for not to exceed six (6) months,<BR>a fine, or both such suspension and fine or may revoke the license.<BR> (3) In addition to misdemeanor violations or other criminal proceedings<BR>instituted under this section, upon sufficient proof to the director, the<BR>director shall take administrative action as provided in subsection (2) of<BR>this section against any licensee in the event any person is found to have<BR>committed any of the above proscribed acts. The proceedings shall be in<BR>accordance with provisions of the administrative procedure act.<BR></EM></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005><FONT face=verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005><FONT face=verdana>I direct you to (1)(a). </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005><FONT face=verdana>There is a possibility I've missed a code somewhere, but I think these are the only two State codes that specifically address exposure. I hope I've answered the question. </FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005><FONT face=verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005><FONT face=verdana></FONT></SPAN> </DIV> <DIV><SPAN class=745351015-10022005><FONT face=verdana>--Jennie</FONT></SPAN></DIV> <DIV> </DIV><!-- Converted from text/plain format --> <P>Jennifer L. McFarland<BR>Detective/Public Information Officer<BR>Latah County Sheriff's Office<BR>PO Box 8068<BR>Moscow, Idaho 83843<BR>(208) 882-2216<BR><BR>Truth is the summit of being; justice is the application of it to affairs.<BR>***Ralph Waldo Emerson<BR></P> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>