Re: 911:: 9-1-1 Recorded line Announcement

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<< How does you announce to the caller that the 9-1-1 line they just reached

is being recorded? Do they hear a beep before you say 9-1-1 what is your

emergency, or do you say 9-1-1 this line is being recorded .. etc. How do

you let them know?>>

We don't let them know they are being recorded. In the state of Oregon, only

one person has to know a phone call is being recorded and in our case, its

us...... Plus, our tapes are a matter of public record.

We just answer " 911, What is your emergency? "

Koren

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We don't tell them it is being recorded. While on the line you can hear a

beep ijn the background, and if you the citizen knows what the beep is, then

you know that you are being recorded.

Larry Tormey, Supervisor

Sedgwick County 911

Wichita, KS

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[Guest guest]

> How does you announce to the caller that the 9-1-1

> line they just reached is being recorded? Do they

> hear a beep before you say 9-1-1 what is your

> emergency, or do you say 9-1-1 this line is being

> recorded .. etc. How do you let them know?

>

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In Iowa, if you call a police agency it is assumed that you can and will be

recorded.

We don't announce it.

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[Guest guest]

Some states require that if you are recording a voice line, you must

announce it or insert a beep (depending on state laws). I know when I call

a Florida agency, some non-emergency lines answer with a canned announcement

" Orlando PD. You're call is being recorded " and then it forwards to the

dispatcher. I'm not sure if this law also applies to emergency lines.

annette hallmark

tamu pd

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Someone told me, not sure if it was Willett during one of his classes or

not, but it rings a bell; when someone calls 9-1-1, all of their statements

are considered to be " non-mirandized spontaneous statements " , and every bit of

it is admissible in court. Therefor there need not be any indication to the

caller that they are being recorded.

Again, not sure where I got that from, but in Salem County, we do not

advise the caller they are being recorded, it is assumed.

J. Fred

Salem NJ

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In PA:

PA Statute Title 35 - Chapter 38A - Public Safety Emergency Telephone Act

provides

for:

.... " Incoming 911 calls shall be recorded ia a multi track voice recorder. AND

.... " Voice recorded 911 information shall be archived for at least 30 days. "

PA Statute Title 18 Chapter 57 - Wiretapping and Electronic Surveilance spells

out that:

PA is a " two party " state which means that all parties to the conversation must

have knowledge and give consent.

This is accomplished by the sounding of a notification audible beep every 15

seconds durig the call. This beep is understood to mean that the call is being

taped.

It really doesn't take long until one doesn't even " hear " it anymore. After

all this time I forget it's there.

Angie Rudy

Ops Center

PA Turnpike

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I believe that most people do know the calls are recorded.

Tammy

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I believe that most people do know the calls are recorded.

Tammy

[Guest guest]

Our department has the beep also. It's really not

annoying. You just get used to it being there and it

doesn't phase you at all. The only time I really

notice (hear) it is when there is silence on the other

end of the phone.

Amy Kosinsky

River Forest, IL

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--- Jim wrote:

> Can you the dispatcher hear the beep? That would

> annoy the heck out of me.....

>

> Jim J

> Mr 911

> TriCom

> Re: 911:: 9-1-1 Recorded line

> Announcement

>

We don't tell them it is being recorded. While on

> the line you can hear a

> beep ijn the background, and if you the citizen

> knows what the beep is, then

> you know that you are being recorded.

>

> Larry Tormey, Supervisor

> Sedgwick County 911

> Wichita, KS

>

> e-mail home Ltormey@...

> e-mail work Ltormey@...

> " Not presumed to be an official statement of my

> employment agency. "

>

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--- " J. Fred Ayars " wrote:

when someone calls 9-1-1,

> all of their statements

> are considered to be " non-mirandized spontaneous

> statements " , and every bit of

> it is admissible in court.>

When we get a 911 call for a domestic. They ask us to

have the caller say there name, plus the name of the

suspect. The tape goes to court along with us on

every domestic.

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Jim

Columbus Police

Columbus Ohio

www.columbuspolice.org

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and what you are doing, but if the Dispatcher doesn't know where you are and

what you are doing, I hope your relationship with God is a good one...

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