-=> Quoting Ivy Iverson to Bobbie Beers <=-
Hi Ivy,
 II> When the Emergency Services release 911 recordings to the news media,
 II> It probably has to do with the fact that the calls are to the local
 II> emergency services, (police, fire, etc), and according to the
 II> Communications Act of 1934 as ammended, a person, (or orginization) is
 II> free to record their own calls, (subject to certain conditions), and
 II> may release those recordings as they see fit.
Aha! Then they don't need the person's permission who is doing the calling?
 II> One specific exemption to the "beeper" law is that a broadcast station
 II> may record and/or broadcast phone calls when it is understood that the
 II> call is to be broadcast, such as a call-in show or a telephone
 II> interview without using a beeper.  You may also record YOUR OWN phone
 II> calls provided that at the start of the call you inform the person on
 II> the other end that you are recording and get their permission to
 II> record.  This must be at the beginning of the conversation.  I would
 II> assume that everyone knows that all calls to 911 WILL be recorded.
Never "assume" *anything*. I would be curious to know just how many do/don't
know. Sounds like another case of people using cellphones. Look how many 
didn't
know they could be heard on the scanner. I'll bet many people don't even
realize that calls to 911 know/record which phone number they are dialing 
from.
Happy Holidays!
Bobbie
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