Sec. 508. (1) Any person who shall equip a vehicle with a radio receiving set that will receive signals sent on frequencies assigned by the federal communications commission of the United States of America for police purposes, or use the same in this state unless such vehicle is used or owned by a peace officer, or a bona fide amateur radio operator holding a technician class, general, advanced, or extra class amateur license issued by the federal communications commission, without first securing a permit so to do from the director of the department of state police upon application as he or she may prescribe, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than 1 year, or by a fine of not more than $500.00, or by both fine and imprisonment in the discretion of the court.
(2) This section shall not be construed as restricting the use of radar detectors.
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MICHIGAN SCANNER FREQUENCIES
POLICE SCANNERS IN PRIVATE CITIZEN VEHILCES
THE MICHIGAN PENAL CODE: Act 328 of 1931
750.508 Equipping vehicle with radio able to receive signals on frequencies assigned for police purposes; permit required; exceptions; misdemeanor; penalty; radar detectors not restricted. [M.S.A. 28.776 ]
Permits are generally issued to any person, regardless of state of residence and do not require a processing or license fee. Amateur radio operators do not need a permit, since they are already exempted from the law, but they will need a copy of their FCC license if they are pulled over. The permit is good for three years, after which a form for a new one will be automatically mailed out.
An application may be requested from the Michigan State Police Communications Division at (517) 336-6240.
232.100--Cutters
162.125, 162.325, 163.125--Tactical
237.900--Search and Rescue
287.800--Air & Sea Rescue
381.800--Helicopter
383.900--Coast Guard Secondary Frequencies
30.36, 30.38--Coast Guard Reserve
Additional Coast Guard Frequencies
General 30.33, 30.41, 32.19, 34.01, 40.40, 41.21, 41.23, 41.70, 41.71, 41.75, 41.83, 41.85, 162.125
Tactical 162.225
Tactical 162.325
Transmit 162.5625, 163.125, 164.550, 164.9875, 165.2125, 172.300, 172.400,
Transmit 407.625, 407.925, 407.975, 409.825, 410.125, 419.650
30.7600 Van Manen Oil Co
31.2400
33.1400
33.1600 Kentwood Excavating Inc
33.4000 Rockford School District
35.0200
35.1200 American Courier
35.7600
35.8000
35.8400 Dykema Excavators
35.9000 Owens Ames & Kimball Construction
35.9600
35.9800
39.1400 Kent County Assigned
39.4200 Kent County Assigned
43.0000
43.1000
45.4800 Plainfield Township
45.5200 Plainfield Township
45.9600 Kenowa Hills Public Schools
47.4600 Kenowa Hills Public Schools
47.4800 Grand Rapids Gravel Co.
47.5600 Grand Rapids Gravel Co.
47.8000 Grand Rapids Gravel Co.
47.9600 Kenowa Hills Public Schools
72.0200 Steel Case Inc
72.0600 Steel Case Inc
72.1000 Calvin College
72.1800 Steel Case Inc
72.2000 Calvin College
72.2800 Calvin College
72.3400 Steel Case Inc
72.3800 Steel Case Inc
72.4000 Rapistan Systems, Steel Case Inc
72.4200 Grand Rapids Gravel Co.
72.4400 Steel Case Inc
72.4800 Steel Case Inc
72.5600 Steel Case Inc
72.6000 Steel Case Inc
75.4200 Dykema Excavators Inc
75.4400 American Seating
75.4800 American Seating
75.5200 American Seating
75.6000 American Seating
75.9800 Grand Rapids Gravel Co
150.0000
150.7900 Grand Rapids Community College Police Department
151.0100 Kent County Sheriff (MAIN)
151.1300 Grand Rapids Police Dept
151.1900 Kent County
151.2050 Wexford County Sheriff
151.2200 Grand Rapids
151.3100 Wexford County Sheriff
151.3700 Kent County
151.4750 East Grand Rapids Public Safety
151.5650 Dystra Excavating
151.5800
151.6250 D & R Security, Owens Ames & Kimball
151.6550 Eastbrook Mall Security
151.6850 Amway Grand Plaza Security
151.8050 Mary Free Bed Hospital & Physical Rehabilitation; Amway Grand Plaza Security
151.8650 Aalfs Petroleum Inc
151.9250
151.9550
152.3300
152.3750
152.4500 Grand Rapids Vets Cab
152.9000 Coit Avenue Gravel
152.9900 Bultema Road Construction
153.0800 Dematic Rapistan
153.1550 Steel Case Inc
153.2150 Steel Case Inc
153.3200 Steel Case Inc
153.3350
153.5600 Kent Community/Spectrum Hospital
153.8000 Michigan State Police
153.9200 Michigan State Police
153.9950 Kent County
154.0100 Kent County Sheriff Dept Radio Service
154.0700 Kent County Sheriff ( Fire Main)
154.1000 Cascade Township Fire Dept
154.1450 Wexford County
154.2950 Kent County Sheriff Dept (LEIN)
154.3700 Grand Rapids City Fire (County Wide)
154.4638 Kent County Sheriff
154.4900 Grand Valley Gravel Co
154.5150 Amway Grand Plaza Security Calvin College Security
154.5400 Amway Grand Plaza Security
154.5700 Grand Rapids Board of Education
154.6000 Davenport College University Police South Christian High School Security Holland Sentinel Pointe Security Gate
154.6250
154.6500 Wexford County
154.7400 Grand Rapids City Police Department
154.7700 Grand Rapids City Police Department
154.8300 Grand Rapids City Police Department
154.8600 Grand Rapids City Police Department
154.8900 Kent County
154.9500 Grand Rapids Police Department
154.9950 Grand Rapids Township Fire Dept
155.0100 Kent County Sheriff Dept (Main Freq)
155.0700 Kent County Sheriffs Dept County Fire Dispatch
155.1600 AMR American Medical Response DBA Plainwell EMS
155.3400 Metropolitan Hospital, Saint Mary’s Hospital; Kent County EMS
155.3700 Grand Rapids Police Department (LEIN)
155.4000 Aero Med at Spectrum Health
155.4300 Kent County
155.4450 KENT COUNTY
155.5650 Wexford County
155.5950 Grand Rapids Community College Police Department
155.6550 Grand Rapids Police Department; (SOUTH END F-1)
155.7300 Kent County Sheriff Dept (SOUTH F-2)
155.7900 Grand Rapids Police Department (NORTH END F-3)
155.8650 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau
155.8950 Grand Rapids Community College Police Department
155.9850 Kent County
156.0150 Grand Rapids Community College Police Department
156.0600 Wexford County
156.1350 Kent County
156.1800 Oscoda County Sheriff Dept
157.5900 OPEN
157.6200 Meijer Security
157.7100 Veterans Cab Co
158.8950 Kent County
158.9100 Wexford County
158.9400 East Grand Rapids Public Safety
158.9700 Kent County
159.1050 Wexford County
159.1200 Wexford County
159.1350 Oscoda County Sheriff Dept
159.2400 Kent County
159.2550 Wexford County
159.4950
159.5475
159.7725
159.8250
159.9825 TeleRad Inc
216.0125 Cook Institute, Steel Case
422.8250 Meijer Security
427.8250 Meijer Security
451.1750 Smith Industries
451.2250 Grand Rapids
451.2375 Steel Case Inc
451.2875 Steel Case Inc, Lacks Industries
451.3000 Grand Rapids Public School Police
451.3125 Haworth Inc; Frederick Meijer Gardens Security
451.3250
451.3375 West Michigan Whitecaps Baseball
451.3625 Haworth Inc
451.3750 Knoll Group
451.4250 Haworth Inc
451.4375 Cascade Hills Country Club Security
451.4500 Regency Park Security
451.4625 Steel Case inc
451.4875 Rapistan Demag, Ford Communications; Davenport University
451.5000
451.5250 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau
451.5375 Rapistan Demag; Ford Communications
451.5875 Grand Rapids Public Museum
451.6000 Applied Textiles
451.6125
451.6375 Lacks Industries
451.6500 GP Gypsum Mines (EAST)
451.6625 Grand Rapids Public Museum
451.7000 Grand Rapids Public Schools
451.7125 Davenport College University Police
451.7250 Knape & Voigt
451.7625
451.7750 Redo Mix Inc
451.7875
451.8000 Secure Alarm Systems; Grand Valley State University
451.8250 D & R Security Inc
451.8375
451.8500 Holland Home
451.8625 Grand Rapids Community College
451.8750 Calvin College Campus
451.8875 Grand Valley State University
451.9000 Grand Rapids Community College, Velting Contractors,
451.9750
451.9875 Grand Valley State University Police Dept
452.0000
452.0125
452.0250 D & R Security Inc
452.0375 Grand Rapids Public Museum
452.0500 Steel case Inc
452.0625
452.0750 Plaza Towers Security
452.0875
452.1125 Haviland Chemical
452.1375 GP Gypsum Mines (EAST)
452.1500 Davenport College University Police
452.1625 Davenport College University Police
452.1750
452.1875
452.2500 Steel case Inc; Haworth Inc
452.4250 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
452.4500 D & R Security Inc
452.4750 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
452.5000 The Zondervan Corporation; Meijer Stores
452.5125
452.5250
452.5375 Lacks Industries
452.5500 GP Gypsum Mines
452.5750 GP Gypsum Mines
452.6000 Riverbend Body Shop
452.6250 GP Gypsum Mines
452.6375 Frederick Meijer Gardens Security
452.6750 Haworth Inc Aquinas College Security
452.7250
452.7500 Wolverine Armor Car Dispatch
452.8000 Grand Rapids Public Schools Security
452.8250 Steel case Inc
452.8500 Grand Rapids Public Schools Security
452.8750
452.9625 Booth Newspaper
452.9750
452.9875 Booth Newspaper
453.0000 Booth Newspaper
453.0250 Life EMS Ionia County
453.0500 Kent County
453.1750 Life EMS
453.1875 Kent County
453.2250 Kent County Aeronautics
453.2500 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau
453.3000 Kent County Aeronautics
453.3250 Grand Rapids
453.3500 Grand Rapids
453.3625 Plainfield Township
453.3750 Kent County
453.3875 Plainfield Township
453.4250 Kent County
453.5250 Kent County; Wexford County
453.5750 Wexford County
453.7250 Grand Rapids
453.7625 Kent County
453.9250 Kent County
456.1750
456.2000
456.2250 Grand Rapids
456.2375 Steel Case
456.2875 Steel Case, Lacks Industries
456.3000 Grand Rapids Public Schools Security
456.3250 Zondervan Corporation Security
456.3375 West Michigan Whitecaps Security
456.3625
456.4375
456.4625 Steel Case Security
456.4875 Rapistan Demag, Ford Communications; Davenport University
456.5000
456.5250 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau;
456.5375 Rapistan Demag
456.5875 Public Museum of Grand Rapids Security
456.250 Grand Rapids Public Museum
456.6375 Lacks Industries Security
456.6500
456.6625 Grand Rapids Police (South End Dispatch)
456.7000 Grand Rapids Public Schools Security
456.7125 Davenport University Security
456.7250 Knape & Voigt
456.750 Grand Rapids Police (North End Dispatch F-3)
456.7750 Redi Mix
456.7875
456.8000 Secure Alarm Systems
456.8250 Grand Rapids Police
456.8375 Grand Rapids Police
456.8500 Holland Home
456.8625 Grand Rapids Community College Campus Police
456.8750 Calvin College Security
456.9000 Grand Rapids Community College Police
456.9625 Pioneer Inc
457.0000
457.0125
457.0500 Steel case Inc Security
457.0625 Haviland Products Security
457.1125 Haviland Products Security
457.1625 Davenport University Security
457.4250 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
457.4750 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
457.5000 Zondervan Corporation; Meijer Stores Loss Prevention
457.5125
457.5250
457.5375 Hopkins Public Schools
457.5500 Metropolitan Hospital, Spectrum Hospital
457.5625
457.5750 Metropolitan Hospital, Spectrum Hospital
457.5875
457.7500 Wolverine Armored Car and Security
457.7625
457.8000 Grand Rapids Public Schools Security
457.8500 Grand Rapids Public Schools Security
457.9625 Booth Newspapers
457.9750
457.9875 Booth Newspapers
458.0000 Booth Newspapers
458.0125
458.0250 Life EMS Ionia County; Life EMS Kent County
458.0500 Kent County
458.0750 Life EMS Kent County
458.1250 Life EMS Kent County
458.1750 Life EMS Kent County
458.2250 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau
458.2500 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau
458.3000 Grand Rapids Police Department Communications Bureau
458.3250 Grand Rapids
458.3500 Grand Rapids
458.3625 Plainfield Township Fire
458.3875 Plainfield Township Fire
458.5250 Kent County
458.5750 Wexford County
458.6000 Kent County
458.7250 Grand Rapids Police Dept
458.9250 Kent County Sheriff Department
460.1000 Kent County Department of Aeronautics
460.1750 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
460.2750 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
460.3500 Grand Rapids Transit Authority
460.5000 Kent County
460.6000 Grand Rapids City Fire Dispatch (Main)
460.6625
460.6875 Spectrum Health Hospital
460.7125
460.7375 Spectrum Health Hospital
460.7500 Grand Rapids Community College Maintenance Dept
460.9000 D & R Security
460.9625 EPS Alarm n Security
460.9750 EPS Alarm n Security
461.0250 Life EMS Ionia County
461.0375 Holland Home Security
461.0500
461.0625
461.0875 West Michigan Whitecaps Security
461.1000 Aquinas College Campus Security
461.1125 Metropolitan Hospital Security
461.1375 Herman Miller Inc; Grand Rapids Public Schools Public Safety
461.1625
461.1750
461.1875 SMG INC
461.2250 Zondervan Corporation
461.2500
461.2875 Forest Hills Public School
461.3000
461.3375 Grand Rapids Community College
461.3500
461.3625 Saint Mary’s Hospital Security
461.4000 Woodland Mall Security
461.4250 Haworth Inc
461.4375 Herman Miller Inc; Haworth Inc;
461.4500 Midway Motor Lodge Security
461.4625 Grand Rapids Public Schools
461.4750 Haworth Inc; Calvin College
461.5000 Kent County
461.5125 Spectrum Health Kent Community Campus; SMG INC
461.5250
461.5375 Forest Hills Public Schools Security
461.5750 Zondervan Corporation
461.5875 Greenville Public Schools
461.6375 Coit Avenue Gravel
461.6500
461.6625 Herman Miller Inc
461.6750
461.7000 Grand Rapids Public Museum Security
461.7125 Meijer Stores Loss Prevention
461.8000 Grand Rapids and Kent County Convention Arena Authority
461.8125 Forest Hills Public Schools
461.8500 St Mary’s Hospital Security
461.9250
461.9375 Greenville Public Schools
461.9500 Yellow Cab Co
461.9625 Meijer Security
461.9750
462.0125
462.0250
462.0500 Pitsch Wrecking
462.0625 Spartan Stores, Haworth Inc, Forest Hills Public Schools
462.0875 Forest Hills Public Schools
462.1250 Grand Rapids Public Schools
462.1625 Metropolitan Hospital Security; Spartan Stores
462.1750 Catholic Central High School Security
462.2000 West MI AMR
462.2125 Haworth Inc
462.2250 Grand Rapids Gravel
462.2375
462.2500 Grand Rapids Gravel
462.2625 Haworth Inc
462.2875 Haworth Inc
462.3125
462.3500
462.3625 Haworth Inc
462.3750
462.3875 HOLLAND AMERICAN WAFFER CO; TeleRad Inc; Haworth Inc
462.4000
462.4125 Haworth Inc
462.4250 Zondervan Corporation;
462.4375 Haworth Inc
462.4500
462.4625 Haworth Inc
462.4750 Holland Knight
462.4875 Haworth Inc
462.5000 Lear Technology
462.5125 Benteler Automotive, Haworth Inc
462.7625 Metropolitan Hospital
462.7750 Sears
462.7875
462.8375
462.8875 Metropolitan Hospital
462.9125
462.9375 WGVU; Grand Valley University
462.9500 MED-COM
462.9750 MED-COM
463.0000 MED-COM
463.0250 MED-COM
463.0500 MED-COM
463.0750 MED-COM
463.1000 MED-COM
463.1250 MED-COM
463.1500 MED-COM
463.1750 MED-COM
463.2000
463.2375 West Michigan Whitecaps Security
463.2500
463.2625 Haworth Inc
463.3125 Mel Troter Security
463.3250
463.3375 Metropolitan Hospital
463.3500 Herman Miller Inc
463.3625 Grand Rapids Public Schools
463.3750 Kent County
463.4000 AERO-MED Medical Helicopter (West Michigan)
463.4375 Kent County
463.4500
463.4625
463.4750 Meijer Inc; Diesel Technology
463.4875 Metropolitan Hospital
463.5250 50 Monroe place Security
463.5370 Crowne Plaza Security
463.5625 Rapistan Demag
463.5750 50 Monroe place Security
463.5875
463.6000 Rogers Dept Store Security
463.6125 Calvin College
463.6250 MIDWAY MOTOR LODGE OF GRAND RAPIDS
463.6375 Frederick Meijer Gardens Security
463.6625 Caledonia Public Schools; SMG INC
463.7000 GRCC
463.7125 Pinkerton Security
463.7250 Pine Rest Hospital
463.7375 Pine Rest Hospital, Forest Hills Public Schools
463.7500
463.7625 Metropolitan Hospital
463.8000 Spectrum Health
463.8125 Haworth Inc Grand Rapids PUBLIC SCHOOLS
463.8375
463.8625 Grand Rapids Public Schools
463.8750 Clark Retirement Security
463.8875 Forest Hills Public Schools
463.9000
463.9125 SMG INC
463.9250 Calvin College
464.0125
464.0250 SMG INC
464.0500 Zondervan Corporation;
464.0625 Metropolitan Hospital
464.1000
464.1375
464.1625
464.1875 Metropolitan Hospital
464.2500 Amway Grand Plaza Security
464.2750 Calvin College
464.3000 Grand Rapids Kent County Convention Arena Authority
464.3125
464.3250
464.3375
464.3750 Herman Miller Inc
464.4250
464.4375
464.4500 Haworth Inc
464.4750 Woodland Mall Security
464.4875 Metropolitan Hospital
464.5000 Secure Alarm Systems
464.5250
464.5375 Woodland Mall Security
464.5750 Spectrum Health Blodgett Campus
464.5875
464.6000
464.6125 Calvin College
464.6250
464.6500
464.6750
MSP=Michigan State Police
Homeland Security Current Threat Level
156.875 Channel 77 Algoma Shipping
157.425 Channel 88 Algoma Shipping
156.925 Channel 78 Algoma Shipping
February 27, 2010
U.S. Coast Guard to Discontinue Monitoring of 121.5/243
Emergency Beacons
Cleveland -01-08-2008-The Ninth Coast Guard District is urging mariners and aviators to start the year off right and make the switch to a digital emergency beacon. Beginning Feb. 1, 2009, the U.S. Coast Guard and other search-and-rescue personnel will only receive distress alerts broadcast using digital 406 MHz Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons. Search and rescue satellites will no longer process older model analog EPIRBs that only transmit on 121.5 or 243 MHz.
The 406 EPIRB's signal is 50 times more powerful than the 121.5 beacon's, allowing satellites to better detect its signal and provide a more accurate search area for rescue crews. Satellites are not capable of distinguishing between beacon and non-beacon sources using analog frequencies, making only about one in five alerts actually coming from a beacon. Many false alert signals come from ATMs, pizza ovens and stadium scoreboards. With analog beacons, the only way to determine if an alert is an actual emergency is to send rescue crews to the area, which costs thousands of dollars, takes resources away from actual emergencies and puts the lives of responders at risk needlessly.
Furthermore, a GPS-embedded 406 EPIRB can shrink a search area to about 100 yards and can also pinpoint the position of a distressed mariner within minutes. Additionally, the number of false alerts with digital beacons is significantly lower than analog beacons.
"The signal from any emergency beacon activated on the U. S. waters of the Great Lakes and connecting waterways, or on land close to these waters, is automatically routed to the Coast Guard's Rescue Coordination Center here," said Mr. Jerry Popiel, Acting Chief of the Ninth Coast Guard District Incident Management Branch. "At the RCC, our round-the-clock duty officers assess the signal, determine the appropriate course of action and then dispatch a helicopter, boat or ship to the location to perform a rescue."
EPIRB owners are required by law to provide emergency contact information and a vessel description by registering their beacons with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration . This lets search and rescue personnel quickly confirm if a distress signal is real, and identify who and what type of boat or aircraft to look for. It also means accidental activation of an EPIRB may be resolved quickly with a phone call to the owner.
"We (the Coast Guard) pride ourselves on treating every person who is possibly in distress as we would one of our own family members," said Popiel. "It's an important part of our ethos as search-and-rescue professionals. And for our own family, we would insist that they register their beacon properly and know how to use it in time of distress."
EPIRB users must register their beacons in the U.S. 406 MHz Beacon Registration by logging in to beaconregistration . Registering your EPIRB is free and easy to use. Beacon registrations must also be updated at least every two years or when information such as emergency contact phone numbers and other vital information changes. Registration information is only available to authorized search and rescue personnel.
To see how the Search and Rescue Satellite works CLICK HERE . This Page was Last Updated: February 27, 2010
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