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Obedience
- Illinois Compiled Statutes
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- Obedience to police officers. No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of any police officer, fireman, person authorized by a local authority to direct traffic, or school crossing guard invested by law with authority to direct, control, or regulate traffic. Any person convicted of violating this Section is guilty of a petty offense and shall be subject to a mandatory fine of $150.
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- Chicago Municipal Code
- 9-40-030 Obedience to police, traffic control aide and fire department orders.
- (a) No person shall wilfully fail or refuse to comply with any lawful order or direction of a police officer, traffic control aide, fire department official or other authorized officer.
- (b) In connection with a traffic stop as the result of a suspected traffic or compliance violation, such an order or direction from a police officer may include, but need not be limited to, an order or direction to do any of the following:
- (1) to pull to the right side of the roadway promptly; and
- (2) to remain in his/her vehicle until the police officer directs otherwise; and
- (3) to keep his/her hands easily visible to the police officer, unless engaged in procuring identification or other requested documentation, or unless otherwise using his/her hands in a non- threatening manner in an effort to cooperate with the officer; and
- (4) to provide appropriate identification including, in the case of the driver, the driver's license, permit or ticket and insurance card.
- (c) No person shall willfully fail or refuse to comply with an order or direction to stop made by a person acting as a school crossing guard in a school safety zone.
- (d) Any person who violates this section where such violation results in the injury or death of a police officer, traffic control aide, fire department official or other authorized officer, while such officer is performing his or her official duties, or a person acting as a school crossing guard in a school safety zone, shall be fined not less than $500 nor more than $1,000 for each offense, and shall be subject to a term of imprisonment of not more than six months.