Disorderly Conduct and Breach of the Peace

Disorderly conduct, a class C misdemeanor, is any of the following done with intent to cause inconvenience, annoyance or alarm, or recklessly creating a risk of it:

• Fighting, or violent, tumultuous or threatening behavior.
• Annoying or interfering with another person by offensive or disorderly conduct.
• Making unreasonable noise.
• Disturbing a lawful assembly or meeting without lawful authority.
• Obstructing vehicle or pedestrian traffic.
• Gathering with others in a public place and refusing a reasonable official order to disperse.
• Trespassing to watch someone inside a dwelling, out of plain view, where they reasonably expect privacy.

• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-182StatuteDisorderly conduct: Class C misdemeanorOpens cga.ct.gov ↗

Breach of the peace in the second degree, a class B misdemeanor, has the same intent and covers fighting in a public place, striking another, threatening to commit a crime against a person or their property, publicly posting offensive or abusive matter about a person, abusive or obscene language or an obscene gesture in a public place, and creating a public and hazardous condition.

• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53a-181StatuteBreach of the peace in the second degree: Class B misdemeanorOpens cga.ct.gov ↗