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2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 53a - Penal Code
Chapter 952 - Penal Code: Offenses
Section 53a-183b - Interfering with an emergency call: Class A misdemeanor.
Universal Citation: CT Gen Stat § 53a-183b (2019)
(a) A person is guilty of interfering with an emergency call when such person, with the intent of preventing another person from making or completing a 9-1-1 telephone call or a telephone call or radio communication to any law enforcement agency to request police protection or report the commission of a crime, physically or verbally prevents or hinders such other person from making or completing such telephone call or radio communication.
(b) Interfering with an emergency call is a class A misdemeanor.
(P.A. 03-43, S. 1.)
See Sec. 53-210 re refusal to relinquish party line when needed for emergency call.
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