SB215 Summary

• Establishes the crime of "interference with public safety communication" as a Class C felony in Alabama.

• Prohibits knowingly and intentionally damaging, tampering with, or rendering inoperable public safety communication equipment including transmitters, receivers, towers, antennas, telephone lines, and dispatching equipment.

• Prohibits interfering with transmission or reception of public safety communications, operating apparatus that disrupts public safety signals, and intercepting encrypted public safety communications.

• Exempts certified law enforcement officers, authorized public safety personnel, utility workers, and individuals with written permission from the agency head from the offense.

• Requires law enforcement to seize equipment used in violation of this section, with courts ordering destruction or forfeiture to the State of Alabama or authorized jurisdiction upon conviction.