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(1) A person commits the offense of resisting arrest by knowingly preventing or attempting to prevent a law enforcement officer from making an arrest by:

(a) Using or threatening to use physical force or violence against the law enforcement officer or another; or

(b) Using any other means which creates a risk of causing physical injury to a law enforcement officer or another.

(2) It is no defense to a charge of resisting arrest that the arrest was unlawful, provided the law enforcement officer was acting under the color of his or her official authority.

(3) Resisting arrest is a Class D offense.