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It is unlawful to:

(a) Knowingly cause by any means, including but not limited to activation, a false alarm of fire or other emergency or a false emergency exit alarm to sound or to be transmitted to or within an official or volunteer fire department, ambulance service, law enforcement agency or any other government agency which deals with emergencies involving danger to life or property.

(b) 

(1) Knowingly cause by any means a false report of an imminent threat to the safety of a person or persons by use of a deadly weapon.

(2) It is not a defense to a prosecution pursuant to Subsection (b)(1) of this Section that the defendant or another person did not have the intent or capability of committing the threatened or reported act.

(c) Make a report or knowingly cause the transmission of a report to law enforcement authorities pretending to furnish information relating to an offense or other incident within their official concern knowing that he or she has no such information or knowing that the information is false.

(d) Knowingly provide false identifying information to law enforcement authorities. For the purposes of this Section, identifying information means a person’s name, address, birth date, Social Security number, driver’s license or Colorado identification number.

(e) Upon conviction of Subsection (b) of this Section, in addition to any other sentence imposed or restitution ordered, the court shall sentence the defendant to pay restitution in an amount equal to the cost of any emergency response or evacuation, including but not limited to fire and police response, emergency medical service or emergency preparedness response, and transportation of any individual from the building, place of assembly, or facility of public transportation. (Ord. 303 § 8-105, 1977; Ord. 383 § 18, 1977; Ord. 447 §§ 1, 2, 1996; Ord. 1329 §2, 2019)