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Timestamp: 2018-01-20 15:18:27
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§7507', '§7507', '§7507', '§7506', 'art 7', '§7508', '§7507', '§105', '§105', '§105', '§105', '§1', '§105', '§1']

Title 35-A, §7507: Emergency interruption of service for law enforcement purposes
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Ch. 75 Contents
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Title 35-A: PUBLIC UTILITIES
Part 7: TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Chapter 75: SERVICE
§7508
§7507. Emergency interruption of service for law enforcement purposes
A. "Critical incident" means a situation in which there is probable cause to believe that a person is holding a hostage while committing a crime or who is barricaded and resisting apprehension through the use or threatened use of force. [RR 1993, c. 1, §105 (COR).]
B. "Commanding law enforcement officer" means a law enforcement officer who has jurisdiction and is in charge at a critical incident. [RR 1993, c. 1, §105 (COR).]
C. "Law enforcement officer" means a person who by virtue of public employment is vested by law with a duty to maintain public order, to prosecute offenders and to make arrests for crimes. [RR 1993, c. 1, §105 (COR).]
[ RR 1993, c. 1, §105 (COR) .]
2. Order. The commanding law enforcement officer at a critical incident may order a previously designated telephone utility security employee to arrange to cut, reroute or divert telephone lines for the purpose of preventing telephone communication by a suspected person with a person other than a law enforcement officer or a person authorized by a law enforcement officer.
[ 1993, c. 31, §1 (NEW) .]
3. Security employee designation. A telephone utility shall designate a security employee and an alternate security employee to provide required assistance to law enforcement officers involved in a critical incident.
RR 1993, c. 1, §105 (COR). 1993, c. 31, §1 (NEW).
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