[ScanIndiana] Re: BS Laws

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Thanks Mike for putting a copy of 35-44-3-12 over the internet group,73 Tim DeLong W9NES Indianapolis,Indiana


> 
> IC 35-44-3-12
> Unlawful use of a police radio; exemptions; "police radio" defined
>      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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> Thought this might help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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> Michael Kantz kb9vzd
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