Section 30-22-26 - Assisting in assault upon peace officerA. Every person who assists or is assisted by one or more other persons to commit a battery upon any peace officer while he is in the lawful discharge of his duties is guilty of a fourth degree felony. B. This section is designed to protect officers from assaults and batteries by multiple assailants while quelling riots and other unlawful assemblages. 1953 Comp., § 40A-22-25, enacted by Laws 1971, ch. 265, § 6.