UNNECESSARY ASSAULTS BY OFFICERS.

18-706. Unnecessary assaults by officers. Every public officer who, under color of authority, without lawful necessity, assaults or beats any person, is punishable by fine not exceeding $5,000 and imprisonment in the county jail not exceeding one (1) year. History: [18-706, added 1972, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 844.]