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Ill. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) 23.01
Definition Of Fleeing Or Attempting To Elude A Police Officer
A person commits the offense of fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer when, as a
driver or operator of a motor vehicle, having been given a visual or audible signal by a peace
officer directing him to bring his vehicle to a stop, he wilfully fails or refuses to obey the signal,
increases his speed, extinguishes his lights, or otherwise flees or attempts to elude the officer.
The signal given by the peace officer may be by hand, voice, siren, or by red or blue light.
However, the officer giving the signal must be in police uniform[, and, if driving a vehicle, that
vehicle must display illuminated, oscillating, rotating, or flashing red or blue lights, which when
used in conjunction with an audible horn or siren, would indicate the vehicle to be an official
police vehicle].
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- 2026-08-20
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- 2026-08-19
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