SB 182: "An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications."
00 SENATE BILL NO. 182 01 "An Act establishing the crime of interference with emergency communications." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 11.56 is amended by adding a new section to read: 04 Sec. 11.56.785. Interference with emergency communications. (a) A person 05 commits the crime of interference with emergency communications if the person 06 knowingly 07 (1) makes repeated emergency communications to report a previously 08 reported incident with no change in circumstance with the intent to cause an 09 emergency police, fire, or medical service response, after an emergency 10 communications worker instructs the person to stop initiating contact for the 11 previously reported incident; 12 (2) makes repeated emergency communications knowing that there is 13 not a police, fire, or medical emergency; 14 (3) uses obscene language during an emergency communication with 15 the intent to intimidate or harass an emergency communications worker; or
01 (4) interferes with, blocks, or otherwise disrupts communications 02 between an emergency communications worker and police, fire, or medical service 03 personnel, or between police, fire, or medical service personnel, with the intent to 04 cause a disruption in service; this paragraph does not apply to routine maintenance 05 conducted by authorized personnel. 06 (b) In this section, 07 (1) "emergency communication" means a communication made to an 08 emergency communications center; 09 (2) "emergency communications center" means a facility that is 10 designed to receive requests for emergency assistance and staffed to perform one or 11 more of the following tasks: 12 (A) determine the location at which an emergency response is 13 being requested; 14 (B) interrogate callers to identify, assess, prioritize, and classify 15 requests for emergency assistance and other information; 16 (C) determine the appropriate emergency response required; 17 (D) assess the available emergency response resources that are 18 or will be available in the time required; 19 (E) dispatch appropriate police, fire, or medical personnel; 20 (F) transfer or exchange requests for emergency assistance and 21 other information with other emergency communications centers and 22 emergency response providers; 23 (G) analyze and respond to communications received from 24 emergency response providers and coordinate appropriate actions; and 25 (H) support incident command functions; 26 (3) "emergency communications worker" means a person handling 27 emergency communications at an emergency communications center. 28 (c) Interference with emergency communications is 29 (1) a class C felony if 30 (A) within the preceding 10 years, the person was convicted on 31 two or more separate occasions of interference with emergency
01 communications in this jurisdiction or a similar crime in another jurisdiction; 02 or 03 (B) the interference results in serious physical injury to or the 04 death of a person; or 05 (2) a class A misdemeanor. 06 * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 07 read: 08 APPLICABILITY. AS 11.56.785, enacted by sec. 1 of this Act, applies to offenses 09 committed on or after the effective date of this Act.