AURORA | Aurora is updating its traffic laws to align with those of the state, allowing officers in unmarked vehicles to pursue fleeing suspects and write them tickets for evading officers.
“The way the ordinance is written, it says, ‘a motor vehicle that the driver willfully increases his or her speed or extinguishes his or her lights in an attempt to elude such police officer, or willfully attempts in any other manner to elude the police officer,’” said Commander Matt Brukbacher, during a recent study session.
“We’re seeing a lot of problems with enforcement from our unmarked units that are very well marked with emergency equipment, but are not a black and white with a light bar on top,” he said…