[ScanIndiana] Scanner Law??

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Read on for my reply to your questions...

--- Stacey Whaley <internetstuff47129@yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I know that here in Southern Indiana it is illegal
> to
> carry my scanner around in the car.  I have a few
> questions regarding this law:
>
> A. Can you carry it around your neighborhood while
> you
> are out walking?

I was told by a Sheriff's Deputy while walking around
the apartment complex in which I live that it is
illegal to carry it on you in public. 

>
> B. I�ve been told that I can get a chief or sheriff
> of
> a police department to write a document and sign it
> that gives me permission to carry my scanner in the
> car.  Is this correct?

The law SAYS that this is correct. They are able to
issue a "permit."

>
> C. If it is indeed true that officers of the PD can
> give permission, have any of you received this kind
> of
> permission and how hard is it to get? (I realize I�d
> probably have to swear not to use my scanner as an
> ambulance chaser, etc.)

The Deputy told me it'd be no problem to get a permit
by going to the Sheriff's Office in Albion. When I
went there Communications Director Mitch Fiandt told
be he doesn't issue permits to regular
citizens...needless to say, I still have no permit...

>
> D. You can carry it in your car if you have an
> Amateur�s Radio Operating license?

It is legal to carry it with you if you have a Ham
license...

>
> E. If I want to take my scanner to work or to the
> campground, for instance, am I allowed to pack it in
> a
> bag?  I would probably have to take the batteries
> out,
> remove the antenna, etc.; just in case I got pulled
> over for anything and got searched they could see I
> wasn�t using it.  (I�m looking at the worst-case
> scenario; I doubt I�d ever be searched for any
> reason.)

You are allowed to use it at home and at work
according to the statute. All I do to transport is
remove the antennae and put it in my lunchbox out of
my reach...

>
> Thanks for your help!

Always happy to help!

Matt Roberts IND008
Kendallville

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