If I was ccharged with disorderly conduct for an argument I had with my father, don’t the police have to be called for charges to be filed?

If I was ccharged with disorderly conduct for an argument I had with my father, don’t the police have to be called for charges to be filed?

My father was upset about an argument I had with him and called the police the day following the incident accusing my mother of assaulting him. Later when I was contacted by the detective I told him that my mother had not touched my father in any way and said that I had been the one arguing with him for the most part. Eventually both my mother and I were charged with disorderly conduct, but the prosecutor has dismissed my mom’s charges but refuses to drop mine. How can I be charged with DC if the police were never called to the scene?

Asked on July 31, 2012 under Criminal Law, Utah

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