California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Penal Code - PEN |
Part 1. OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS |
Title 7. OF CRIMES AGAINST PUBLIC JUSTICE |
Chapter 6. Falsifying Evidence, and Bribing, Influencing, Intimidating or Threatening Witnesses |
Section 135.5.
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Any person who knowingly alters, tampers with, conceals, or destroys relevant evidence in any disciplinary proceeding against a public safety officer, for the purpose of harming that public safety officer, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 759, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1999.)