Listening to the scanner the other day.

[desperado]

I was listeing tot he scanner the other day and there is a crackdown over on the North side primarily but they will be pushing hard everywhere in Franklin County. There have been more fatal auto accidents so far this year thatn all of last year and they are trying to curb the number. So watch what you do and where you do it. And scanners can be interesting to listen to, but DO NOT take them along in your car. They are illegal to have in a vehicle unless you are law enforcement, a firefighter, an amature radio operator or have some other specific reason for having it, like you are on a search and rescue team.

[Lustalbert]

Did not know that the scanner was ilegal in a vehicle. Got the law that states that? Dont doubt you, just intresred in reading the law.

[cptn janks]

lol those shady bastards dont want you to know where they are...

[Lustalbert]

No shit. Whats next, radar detectors? Oh wait, some states already did that.

[desperado]

Been like that for awhile, the only reason that amature radio guys are exempt is that their radios will already receive police channels, so it's pretty much pointless to tell us no scanners.

 

I will talk to my Deputy Sheriff and get the actual code number for the law.

[nurkvinny]

They are only illegal in a car if they can prove you were listening to avoid arrest.

[Guest slcdabomb]

They are not illegal in the state of Ohio. Check out the laws before you post these things. This website has a list of what states are ilegal http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/scanner5.html

[nurkvinny]

They are not illegal in the state of Ohio. Check out the laws before you post these things. This website has a list of what states are ilegal http://www.afn.org/~afn09444/scanlaws/scanner5.html

 

If you're referring to what I typed, it was originally stated by one of our local law enforcement officers on the board.

[desperado]

I was told they were illegal in a vehicle by a buddy of mine that's a deputy sheriff. I figure that he would know the law.

[desperado]

§ 2913.06. Unlawful use of telecommunications device.

 

(A) No person shall knowingly manufacture, possess, deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise a counterfeit telecommunications device with purpose to use it criminally.

 

(B) No person shall knowingly manufacture, possess, deliver, offer to deliver, or advertise a counterfeit telecommunications device with purpose to use that device or to allow that device to be used, or knowing or having reason to know that another person may use that device, to do any of the following:

 

(1) Obtain or attempt to obtain telecommunications service or information service with purpose to avoid a lawful charge for that service or aid or cause another person to obtain or attempt to obtain telecommunications service or information service with purpose to avoid a lawful charge for that service;

 

(2) Conceal the existence, place of origin, or destination of a telecommunications service or information service.

 

© Whoever violates this section is guilty of unlawful use of a telecommunications device, a felony of the fifth degree.

 

(D) This section does not prohibit or restrict a person who holds an amateur service license issued by the federal communications commission from possessing a radio receiver or transceiver that is intended primarily or exclusively for use in the amateur radio service and is used for lawful purposes.

 

(E) This section does not preclude a person from disputing charges imposed for telecommunications service or information service by the provider of that service.