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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 693.6 TRANSMISSIONS OVER LAW
1 2 ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATOR'S BAND.
1 3 1. A law enforcement agency shall transmit in a timely
1 4 manner information pertaining to an emergency situation over
1 5 the law enforcement administrator's band in addition to any
1 6 other band used by the agency. An emergency situation
1 7 includes when a criminal suspect is attempting to flee or
1 8 elude a law enforcement officer, or any emergency situation
1 9 that requires a multijurisdictional effort by law enforcement
1 10 agencies.
1 11 2. The law enforcement administrator's telecommunications
1 12 advisory committee created in the department of public safety
1 13 shall be responsible for conducting an investigation of any
1 14 violations of subsection 1. Upon a finding of a violation,
1 15 the committee may place the law enforcement agency on
1 16 probation for a period of up to one year. If the law
1 17 enforcement agency commits a second or subsequent violation
1 18 during the probationary period, the committee may levy and
1 19 collect a civil penalty in the amount of one thousand dollars
1 20 for each violation.
1 21 3. a. The moneys received from civil penalties imposed
1 22 under this section shall be deposited with the treasurer of
1 23 state and the moneys shall be credited to the general fund of
1 24 the state. The chairperson of the law enforcement
1 25 administrator's telecommunications advisory committee shall
1 26 keep an accurate and detailed account of penalties received
1 27 and paid to the treasurer of state.
1 28 b. An amount equal to the amount of moneys collected under
1 29 subsection 2 is annually appropriated to the Iowa law
1 30 enforcement academy to be used for telecommunicator training.
1 31 The moneys received shall be certified by the chairperson to
1 32 the director of revenue and finance, and if found correct, the
1 33 director shall draw warrants upon the treasurer of state from
1 34 the funds appropriated, to be used for the purpose stated in
1 35 this paragraph.
2 1 EXPLANATION
2 2 This bill requires a law enforcement agency to use the law
2 3 enforcement administrator's band (LEA) when broadcasting
2 4 certain emergency situations over the radio. The emergency
2 5 situations that require use of the law enforcement
2 6 administrator's band include situations in which a suspect is
2 7 fleeing or eluding a police officer or an emergency situation
2 8 that requires multjurisdictional cooperation between law
2 9 enforcement agencies.
2 10 If a law enforcement agency violates this bill, the law
2 11 enforcement administrator's telecommunications advisory
2 12 committee (LEATAC) may place the agency on probation for one
2 13 year. If the law enforcement agency violates this bill while
2 14 on probation, LEATAC may penalize the agency by imposing a
2 15 $1,000 civil penalty for each violation. Civil penalties
2 16 collected are appropriated to the law enforcement academy for
2 17 telecommunicator training. LEATAC is an advisory committee
2 18 made up of department of public safety personnel and members
2 19 of various law enforcement agencies.
2 20 Existing law does not require a law enforcement agency to
2 21 use LEA when communicating by radio.
2 22 LSB 1501HH 78
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