(a) A person commits failure to report a suicide or suicide attempt when he or she, having become aware of another person’s death which a reasonable person would suspect to be a possible suicide, or having become aware of another person’s conduct which a reasonable person would suspect to be a possible suicide attempt, fails, within one (1) hour of becoming aware, to report such death or conduct to the Town Marshal’s office.

(b) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this Section that the person had reasonable grounds to believe that the Town Marshal’s office had already learned of the death or conduct prior to the person’s becoming aware of it. (Prior code 9.16.070; Ord. 1288 §1, 2008)