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who, with intent to hinder the apprehension or pun-
ishment of another person, harbors, conceals, or
otherwise assists the person commits assisting a
criminal, a Class A misdemeanor. However, the
offense is:
(1) a Level 6 felony, if the person assisted
has committed a Class B, Class C, or Class
D felony before July 1, 2014, or a Level 3,
Level 4, Level 5, or Level 6 felony after
June 30, 2014; and
(2) a Level 5 felony, if the person assisted
has committed murder or has committed a
Class A felony before July 1, 2014, or a
Level 1 or Level 2 felony after June 30,
2014, or if the assistance was providing a
deadly weapon.
(b) It is not a defense to a prosecution under
this section that the person assisted:
(1) has not been prosecuted for the offense;
(2) has not been convicted of the offense;
or
(3) has been acquitted of the offense by
reason of insanity.
However, the acquittal of the person assisted for
other reasons may be a defense.
35-44.1-2-6. Impersonation of a public
servant.
A person who falsely represents that the per-
son is a public servant, with intent to mislead and
induce another person to submit to false official
authority or otherwise to act to the other person’s
detriment in reliance on the false representation,
commits impersonation of a public servant, a
Class A misdemeanor. However, a person who
falsely represents that the person is:
(1) a law enforcement officer; or
(2) an agent or employee of the depart-
ment of state revenue, and collects any
property from another person;
commits a Level 6 felony.
35-44.1-2-7. Unlawful use of a police radio.
(a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) possesses a police radio;
(2) transmits over a frequency assigned
for police emergency purposes; or
(3) possesses or uses a police radio:
(A) while committing a crime;
(B) to further the commission of a
crime; or
(C) to avoid detection by a law enforce-
ment agency;
commits unlawful use of a police radio, a Class B
misdemeanor.
(b) Subsection (a)(1) and (a)(2) do not apply
to:
(1) a governmental entity;
(2) a regularly employed law enforcement
officer;
(3) a common carrier of persons for hire
whose vehicles are used in emergency
service;
(4) a public service or utility company
whose vehicles are used in emergency
service;
(5) a person who has written permission
from the chief executive officer of a law
enforcement agency to possess a police
radio;
(6) a person who holds an amateur radio
license issued by the Federal Commun-
ications Commission if the person is not
transmitting over a frequency assigned for
police emergency purposes;
(7) a person who uses a police radio only
in the person’s dwelling or place of busi-
ness;
(8) a person:
(A) who is regularly engaged in news-
gathering activities;
(B) who is employed by a newspaper
qualified to receive legal advertise-
ments under IC 5-3-1, a wire service,
or a licensed commercial or public
radio or television station; and
(C) whose name is furnished by the
person’s employer to the chief execu-
tive officer of a law enforcement
agency in the county in which the
employer’s principal office is located;
(9) a person engaged in the business of
manufacturing or selling police radios; or
(10) a person who possesses or uses a
police radio during the normal course of the
person’s lawful business.
(c) As used in this section, “police radio”
means a radio that is capable of sending or receiv-
ing signals transmitted on frequencies assigned by
