Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7507 – Emergency interruption of service for law enforcement purposes
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1. Definitions. As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.
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).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 7507
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Person: includes a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, association, trust, estate, any other legal entity or natural person. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
- Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
- Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
- Telephone utility: includes every person, its lessees, trustees, receivers or trustees appointed by any court, that provides telephone service for compensation inside this State. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 35-A Sec. 102
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.
[PL 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.
[PL 1993, c. 31, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
RR 1993, c. 1, §105 (COR). PL 1993, c. 31, §1 (NEW).