Chapter 1.12
ISSUANCE OF CITATIONS

Sections:

1.12.010 Authority of police.

1.12.020 Failure to appear.

1.12.030 Form.

1.12.010 Authority of police.

Any police officer within the city of Bethel, Alaska, may, rather than arrest a person, or persons, for the violation of a city ordinance committed in his presence, issue a citation or criminal summons requiring such person or persons to appear before the district court on a day certain to answer charges. [Prior code § 12.04.010.]

1.12.020 Failure to appear.

If any person or persons fails to appear before the district court as directed in the citation or summons, the city police officer issuing the same shall sign a complaint charging the person or persons involved with a misdemeanor, cause a warrant to be issued and forthwith place the offender under arrest. [Prior code § 12.04.020.]

1.12.030 Form.

The form of citation or summons issued may be in substantially the following form and completed in duplicate or triplicate:

CITY OF BETHEL, ALASKA

CRIMINAL SUMMONS

TO: ____________________

You are hereby commanded to appear before the District Court at Bethel, Alaska, on the ______ day of ______, 20______, at the hour of ______ o’clock in the _____.M. of said day, then and there to answer to charges for the violation of Bethel Municipal Code, Section ______, wherein it is alleged that you did, contrary to law:

_________________________________

_________________________________

Failure to appear and answer this summons will result in your arrest under a warrant.

DATED This ______ day of ___________, 20_____.

POLICE DEPARTMENT

CITY OF BETHEL

By: ___________________

[Prior code § 12.04.030.]