§ 13-5. Same—Courtesy, etc., due to and from; prohibited acts.

(a)

County officers and employees shall be courteous in their official transactions with the public, and they shall conduct themselves in the performance of their official duties so as to not knowingly deprive any person, at the time and under the circumstances then and there existing, of any lawful right or benefit to which such person may be entitled. Any person who feels aggrieved by the conduct of any county officer or employee in violation of this subsection is hereby invited to bring such matter to the attention of the board of supervisors or the county administrator, without prejudice to any other recourse to which such aggrieved person may be entitled.

(b)

Members of the public, in turn, should be courteous in their transactions with county officers and employees, and it shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly taunt, deride, jeer or otherwise debase or insult, whether by act, word or gesture, any county officer or employee at any time or place while such county officer or employee is lawfully engaged in the performance of official duty.