Section 520.100 - [Effective 7/15/2024] 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 ofphysical 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 or her 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 D felony and the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least fifty percent (50%) of the sentence imposed.Amended by 2024 Ky. Acts ch. TBD,§ 48, eff. 7/15/2024.Effective:7/15/2002
Amended 2002, Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 8, effective7/15/2002. -- Amended 1998, Ky. Acts ch. 606, sec. 162, effective 7/15/1998. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 178, effective 1/1/1975.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.