Title: Disturbing the Peace: Law and Penalties | Matt Sharp
Headings: Disturbing the Peace: Law and Penalties
Disturbing the Peace: Law and Penalties
Disturbing the Peace in Texas
What Is Disturbing the Peace?
Legal Penalties
Legal Defenses
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Content: In order to be arrested and charged with disturbing the peace or disorderly content, a person must: Be engaging in behavior that is or has the potential to cause a serious danger or public disturbance
Be engaging in such behavior willfully
Be engaging in such behavior with bad intentions
For example, a person who enters a public meeting and begins shouting, threatening others with violence or turning over tables and chairs may be arrested and charged with disturbing the peace. Also, a person who becomes intoxicated and shouts at others, knocks on doors loudly or generally causes others to fear for their safety may be placed under arrest. However, simply being loud and boisterous is not necessarily grounds for an arrest. For example, a group of friends who are being loud at a restaurant or people who are laughing loudly in a public park may not be placed under arrest. This is true even if others feel that they are being a nuisance or a disturbance. If the police are called, the officers may request that the group of loud, rowdy people tone down their behavior but they may not necessarily be arrested for disturbing the peace. Legal Penalties
A person who is arrested on charges of disturbing the peace and convicted of this crime may face some serious legal penalties. For example, a person who is convicted of disturbing the peace may face: A conviction on an infraction charge
A conviction on a misdemeanor charge
Possible mandatory attendance at alcohol education courses or anger management courses
Community service
Monetary fines
Although infractions and minor misdemeanor charges don’t sound very serious, they can show up on an employment background check, causing serious problems down the road.