Any person who verbally or physically obstructs, prevents, or hinders another person with intent to cause or allow physical harm or injury to another person from making or completing a 9-1-1 telephone call or a call to any law enforcement agency to request police protection or to report the commission of a crime is guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine not to exceed $1,000.00 or imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, or both.
(Code 1981, §16-10-24.3, enacted by Ga. L. 1998, p. 608, § 1; Ga. L. 2005, p. 660, § 1/HB 470.)