Most states in the USA have some sort of "Public Records law" or "Freedom of Information Act"as the Feds call it. Here in MA, almost anything created or made, or exchanged by state or municipal government are public records, that residents/citizens have to right to access. There is a small list of exceptions of things that are exempt from public view too.
E-911 audio recordings are under the definition of MA public records, as when the recording device records audio, that is where the creation of that public record begins.
I believe some or most public safety agencies have their two-way radios connected to some sort of audio recording device (i.e. E-911 equipment or other).
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Hence my Question:
If someone sets up a scanner, leaves it on a certain channel/frequency and has it directly connected to a current digital technology audio recording device (with date & time stamping capabilities) and records the user 24/7/365. Since FCC radio frequencies are public in the FCC database, the radio frequency is open to the public to listen (via scanner like we listen now) - so audio recording them is perfectly legal (in accordance to MA State laws & federal laws).
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When one is audio recorded via telephone, the MA two-party consent law where both parties have to consent to being audiorecorded (i.e. "your call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes"), but this is only one sided audio, so that law wouldn't apply.
The actual purpose fo this idea, is to create a public record and offer these records to private parties (i.e. media requests).
Thanks in advance...
E-911 audio recordings are under the definition of MA public records, as when the recording device records audio, that is where the creation of that public record begins.
I believe some or most public safety agencies have their two-way radios connected to some sort of audio recording device (i.e. E-911 equipment or other).
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Hence my Question:
If someone sets up a scanner, leaves it on a certain channel/frequency and has it directly connected to a current digital technology audio recording device (with date & time stamping capabilities) and records the user 24/7/365. Since FCC radio frequencies are public in the FCC database, the radio frequency is open to the public to listen (via scanner like we listen now) - so audio recording them is perfectly legal (in accordance to MA State laws & federal laws).
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When one is audio recorded via telephone, the MA two-party consent law where both parties have to consent to being audiorecorded (i.e. "your call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes"), but this is only one sided audio, so that law wouldn't apply.
The actual purpose fo this idea, is to create a public record and offer these records to private parties (i.e. media requests).
Thanks in advance...