Legal Question in Criminal Law in Pennsylvania

Re: false police report

� 4906. False reports to law enforcement authorities

(a) FALSELY INCRIMINATING ANOTHER.-- Except as provided in subsection (c), a person who knowingly gives false information to any law enforcement officer with intent to implicate another commits a misdemeanor of the second degree.

(b) FICTITIOUS REPORTS.-- Except as provided in subsection (c), a person commits a misdemeanor of the third degree if he:

(1) reports to law enforcement authorities an offense or other incident

within their concern knowing that it did not occur; or

(2) pretends to furnish such authorities with information relating to

an offense or incident when he knows he has no information relating to

such offense or incident.

(c) GRADING.-- If the violation of subsection (a) or (b) occurs during a declared state of emergency and the false report causes the resources of the law enforcement authority to be diverted from dealing with the declared state of emergency, the offense shall be graded one step greater than that set forth in the applicable subsection.