Indiana § 35-44.1-2-7 Unlawful use of a police radio

Indiana Statutes

§ 35-44.1-2-7 — Unlawful use of a police radio

Indiana § 35-44.1-2-7

Art. 44.1OFFENSES AGAINST GENERAL PUBLIC

Ch. 2Interference with General Government Operations

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Ind. Code § 35-44.1-2-7 (2026).

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(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 or a police radio mobile application:

(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 enfo

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(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 or a police radio mobile
application:
(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 the person's 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.
(d) As used in this section, "police radio mobile application" means
an application installed on a mobile device that allows a person to
listen to the contents of traffic carried on police radio frequencies.