Manhattan Beach Municipal Code Ch. 4.76 Miscellaneous Offenses—short Wave Radios

It shall be unlawful for any person within the City to wilfully listen, by means of any radio receiving device located in or upon any vehicle, to any official message which is being transmitted by any radio transmission station operating upon a wave length or radio frequency assigned by the Federal Communications Commission for use by any police or law enforcement department over a radio transmitting station owned or operated by the City or any law enforcement agency. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any person to whom a permit to listen to such radio message has been issued in writing by the Chief of Police after he determines that public interest will be served by the issuance of such permit; nor shall the provisions of this section apply to any officer, agent or servant of any governmental agency or public utility, the performance of whose duty as such officer, agent or servant requires that he listen to such messages.

(§ 1, Ord. 685)

No person who intercepts, overhears or receives any message or communication transmitted by any radio transmission station operating upon a wave length or radio frequency assigned by the Federal Communication Commission for use by any police or law enforcement department for the financial benefit of himself or another shall communicate within the City such message or communication to another or directly or indirectly use the information so obtained.

(§ 2, Ord. 685)