2005 Illinois Code - Chapter 20 Executive Branch 20 ILCS 2615/ State Police Radio Act.
(20 ILCS 2615/0.01) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.20)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
State Police Radio Act.
(Source: P.A. 86‑1324.)
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(20 ILCS 2615/1) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.21)
Sec. 1.
The Department of State Police is authorized
to purchase, lease
or otherwise acquire and operate one or more radio broadcasting stations in
the State to be used for police purposes only. Such radio stations shall
broadcast all police dispatches and reports submitted to them which pertain
to the apprehension of criminals, the prevention of crime and the
maintenance of law and order in order to assist peace officers more
effectively to discharge their duties.
(Source: P.A. 84‑25.)
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(20 ILCS 2615/2) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.22)
Sec. 2.
The Department of State Police, the county
board of any county,
the city council of any city and the board of trustees of any village or
incorporated town are authorized to purchase or acquire and furnish radio
receiving sets to all peace officers under their jurisdiction. These radio
receiving sets shall only be used by such officers in the performance of
their duties as police officers in this State and shall always be set and
in readiness to receive any report or message that may be broadcasted from
any radio broadcasting station operated by the Department of State Police
under this Act. Every police officer receiving a radio set
shall make a report to the Department of State Police
at such times and
containing such information as the Department may require.
(Source: P.A. 84‑25.)
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(20 ILCS 2615/3) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.23)
Sec. 3.
Every telegraph and telephone company operating in the State shall
give priority to all messages or calls directed to the broadcasting station
established under this Act.
(Source: Laws 1931, p. 460.)
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(20 ILCS 2615/5) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.25)
Sec. 5.
Any telegraph or telephone operator who fails to give priority to
messages or calls as provided in section 3 of this Act or any person who
installs or uses a short wave length radio receiving set in any automobile
contrary to the provisions in section 4 of this Act or who wilfully makes
any false, misleading or unfounded report to any broadcasting station
established under this act for the purpose of interfering with the
operation thereof or with the intention of misleading any officer of this
State, shall be deemed guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.
(Source: P. A. 77‑2241.)
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(20 ILCS 2615/6) (from Ch. 121, par. 307.26)
Sec. 6.
The Department of State Police is authorized
to use any money
appropriated to it for the purpose of patrolling and policing the public
highways in carrying out the provisions of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 84‑25.)
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