§ 28-286. Flight from an officer.

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(a)

No driver of a motor vehicle shall intentionally refuse to bring a vehicle to a stop knowing that he has been given a visual and audible signal to stop by a police officer when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the driver has committed an offense. The signal shall be given by an emergency light and a siren on a vehicle marked as a police vehicle.

(b)

Whoever commits flight from an officer shall be fined not less than $150.00 nor more than $500.00, or imprisoned for not more than 60 days, or both.

(Code 2004, § 14.108.1)

State law reference

Flight from an officer, aggravated flight from an officer, R.S. 14:108.1.

                    
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