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A. A person is guilty of the crime of failing to summon assistance if:

1. He or she was present when a crime was committed against another person; and

2. He or she knows that the other person has suffered substantial bodily harm as a result of the crime committed against the other person and that the other person is in need of assistance; and

3. He or she could reasonably summon assistance for the person in need without danger to himself or herself and without interference with an important duty owed to a third party; and

4. He or she fails to summon assistance for the person in need; and

5. Another person is not summoning or has not summoned assistance for the person in need of such assistance.

B. Failing to summon assistance is a misdemeanor. (Ord. 2872-05 §§ 1, 2, 2005.)