Having evaded police pursuit in three population centers so far, I decided to lay low in Redview County under a false alias ("Iva Tingley") and hide directly under their noses, where they'd least expect it. It was either this or leave the west coast of the US, and it seems like I consider that my absolute last possible resort
(EA was leaning HARD, or even harder than usual, into their copaganda angle during this phase in the series' history, some of the dialogue in these intro videos is very hard to stomach. They apparently stopped implementing cop gameplay as a major feature after this, which is -- to put it mildly -- a relief)