"Citizen listeners" are the most informed people in our community about what the people and servants of the community are doing.

They are the ones who stand up in town meetings and ask the tough questions about why our leaders allow for things to go on unchecked.

They vote, question, and are vigilant about their citizens rights. The scanner community is a prized group of our customer base and we will always find any information to help them stay informed and aware.

Since one of the major websites has ceased operation (www.indyscan.com) it was decided to take up the banner of posting what is useable from our point of view.

This page is a work in progress and will be updated fairly regularly to include reviews of products that are usefull and to keep people from wasting their hard earned money on misadvertised trash (i.e. Rat Shack).

If there are errors or updated that are here and you happen to notice, please email me and I will make the changes.

Thanks, Dave

 

First the LAW:

 

Indiana scanner Law:
 

State Statute   I.C. 35-44-3-12
 

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.