520.100 Fleeing or evading police in the second degree.

KY Rev Stat § 520.100 (2019) (N/A)
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520.100 Fleeing or evading police in the second degree. (1) A person is guilty of fleeing or evading police in the second degree when: (a) As a pedestrian, and with intent to elude or flee, the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a direction to stop, given by a person recognized to be a peace officer who has an articulable reasonable suspicion that a crime has been committed by the person fleeing, and in fleeing or eluding the person is the cause of, or creates a substantial risk of, physical injury to any person; or (b) While operating a motor vehicle with intent to elude or flee, the person knowingly or wantonly disobeys a recognized direction to stop his vehicle, given by a person recognized to be a peace officer. (2) No offense is committed under this section when the conduct involved constitutes a failure to comply with a directive of a traffic control officer. (3) Fleeing or evading police in the second degree is a Class A misdemeanor. Effective: July 15, 2002 History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 8, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 162, effective July 15, 1998. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 178, effective January 1, 1975.