Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional · as in force on May 31, 2026
§ 120.08 Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or
emergency medical services professional.
A person is guilty of assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional when, with intent to prevent a peace officer, police officer, a firefighter, including a firefighter acting as a paramedic or emergency medical technician administering first aid in the course of performance of duty as such firefighter, or an emergency medical service paramedic or emergency medical service technician, from performing a lawful duty, he or she causes serious physical injury to such peace officer, police officer, firefighter, paramedic or technician.
Assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter or emergency medical services professional is a class C felony.
A person commits assault on a peace officer, police officer, firefighter, paramedic, or emergency medical technician by intending to prevent that person from performing a lawful duty and causing serious physical injury. ★ It is a class C felony.
Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.
This provision appears in Volume 4 — The Court Clerk: Penal Law; Volume 1 — The Court Officer in Plain English; Volume 3 — The Court Officer: Penal Law; Volume 3 — Your Career: Penal Law in Plain English.