[ScanIndiana] 1 reason I like scanners
gary lane
[email protected]
Tue, 9 Apr 2002 18:30:02 -0700 (PDT)
Well gentlemen, I just moved back to Indiana from
Alaska and I feel something is missing. There it isnt
illegal to have a scanner in your vehicle, anywhere,
anytime. I had a pro-2006 sitting on my dashboard of
my truck all the time. I really wish there was
something we could do to get this anti-scanner law
repealed. I will abide by the law as written, but at
our very first chance, and everyday after that, we
should bombard our senators and congressmen and all
state legislators to repeal that law. Since the
installation of cameras at intersections, big brother
IS watching. And if we cant listen to him, we are deaf
to any actions ge may be planning.
Just a few thoughts......
--- Andrew Everhart <[email protected]> wrote:
> Tom Said:
> "Portable" scanners are illegal everywhere in
> Indiana... All those scanners
> being used at the Indy speedway every May could be
> confiscated. The only
> legal ones are those that use household current.
>
> You know, the law sure does read that way. I hadn't
> really considered what
> you wrote until I read the law again... I was
> always focusing on the
> "scanner in the car" issue...
>
> I _think_ the IMS is considered private property
> though..
>
> Interesting observation! I agree with your other
> point. Get your HAM
> license & it's a moot point.
>
> Andrew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf
> Of
> [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 16:24
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [ScanIndiana] 1 reason I like scanners
>
>
>
>
>
> One reason I like scanners is so I know who gets
> pulled over in my city.
> Another is so if someone in my family gets hurt or
> something the fire &
> rescue get called out and I hear it on my scanner,
> by the way does anybody
> know if it is illegal to use a hand-held scanner in
> a car (that's what I
> got)?
> Chance Westfall
> [email protected]
>
>
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> "Portable" scanners are illegal everywhere in
> Indiana... All those scanners
> being used at the Indy speedway every May could be
> confiscated. The only
> legal ones are those that use household current.
>
> I carried a scanner in the car for years with a
> letter from my Nephew, who
> was the Chief of Police of a town nearby. Then he
> went and got himself
> elected Judge, and the new C.O.P. wouldn't renew my
> letter. So I broke down
> and got a Ham license.
>
> Do yourself a favor and get a Ham license. You can
> study for it online,
> it's a piece of cake, and a small price to pay for
> peace of mind.
>
> This is the law... (you can read it online if you
> wish, at
>
http://www.state.in.us/legislative/ic/code/title35/ar44/ch3.html)
>
> Indiana Code 35-44-3-12
> Enacted 1977, Amended 1994
>
> IC 35-44-3-12 Sec. 12.
>
> (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
> (1) possesses a police radio;
> (2) transmits over a frequency assigned for
> police emergency
> purposes; or
> (3) possesses or uses a police radio:
> (A) while committing a crime;
> (B) to further the commission of a crime; or
> (C) to avoid detection by a law enforcement
> agency;
> commits unlawful use of a police radio, a Class
> B misdemeanor.
>
> (b) Subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) do not apply to:
> (1) a governmental entity;
> (2) a regularly employed law enforcement officer;
> (3) a common carrier of persons for hire whose
> vehicles are used in
> emergency service;
> (4) a public service or utility company whose
> vehicles are used in
> emergency service;
> (5) a person who has written permission from the
> chief executive
> officer of a law enforcement agency to possess
> a police radio;
> (6) a person who holds an amateur radio license
> issued by the Federal
> Communications Commission if the person is not
> transmitting over a
> frequency assigned for police emergency
> purposes;
> (7) a person who uses a police radio only in the
> person's dwelling or
> place of business;
> (8) a person:
> (A) who is regularly engaged in newsgathering
> activities;
> (B) who is employed by a newspaper qualified to
> receive legal
> advertisements under IC 5-3-1, a wire
> service, or a licensed
> commercial or public radio or television
> station; and
> (C) whose name is furnished by his employer to
> the chief executive
> officer of a law enforcement agency in the
> county in which the
> employer's principal office is located;
> (9) a person engaged in the business of
> manufacturing or selling
> police radios; or
> (10) a person who possesses or uses a police radio
> during the normal
> course of the person's lawful business.
>
> (c) As used in this section, "police radio" means a
> radio that is capable
> of sending or receiving signals transmitted on
> frequencies assigned by the
> Federal Communications Commission for police
> emergency purposes and that:
> (1) can be installed, maintained, or operated in a
> vehicle; or
> (2) can be operated while it is being carried by
> an individual.
> The term does not include a radio designed for use
> only in a dwelling.
>
> As added by Acts 1977, P.L.342, SEC.1. Amended by
> P.L.162-1994, SEC.1.
>
>
>
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