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877.03 Breach of the peace;
disorderly conduct.--
Whoever commits such acts as are of a nature to corrupt the public morals,
or outrage the sense of public decency, or affect the peace and quiet of persons who may witness them, or engages in brawling
or fighting, or engages in such conduct as to constitute a breach of the peace or disorderly conduct, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor of the second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083.
509.143 Disorderly
conduct on the premises of an establishment; detention; arrest; immunity from liability.--
(1) An operator
may take a person into custody and detain that person in a reasonable manner and for a reasonable time if the operator has
probable cause to believe that the person was engaging in disorderly conduct in violation of s. 877.03 on the premises of
the licensed establishment and that such conduct was creating a threat to the life or safety of the person or others. The
operator shall call a law enforcement officer to the scene immediately after detaining a person under this subsection.
(2) A law enforcement officer may arrest, either on or off the premises of the licensed establishment and without
a warrant, any person the officer has probable cause to believe violated s. 877.03 on the premises of a licensed establishment
and, in the course of such violation, created a threat to the life or safety of the person or others.
(3) An operator
or a law enforcement officer who detains a person under subsection (1) or makes an arrest under subsection (2) is not civilly
or criminally liable for false arrest, false imprisonment, or unlawful detention on the basis of any action taken in compliance
with subsection (1) or subsection (2).
(4) A person who resists the reasonable efforts of an operator or a law enforcement officer to
detain or arrest that person in accordance with this section is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree, punishable as
provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, unless the person did not know or did not have reason to know that the person seeking
to make such detention or arrest was the operator of the establishment or a law enforcement officer.
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