(A) It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to receive or to assist in receiving any police or fire communication by wire or radio, installed in a motor vehicle, place of business, or home for the purpose of using the same or any information therein contained for his own gain or benefit, directly or indirectly or for the benefit or gain of another not entitled thereto, directly or indirectly.
(B) No person having received such intercepted communication or having become acquainted with the contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the same or any part thereof, knowing that such information was so obtained, shall divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the same or any part thereof, or use the same or any information therein contained for his own benefit or gain, directly or indirectly or for the benefit of another not entitled thereto, directly or indirectly.
(C) This section shall not apply to the receiving, divulging, publishing, or utilizing of the contents of any police or fire communication broadcasts by newspapers, radio, television, or other public or semi- public news dissemination media for the use of the general public provided further, and that the provisions of this section shall not apply to public utilities.
(Ord. 23-1961, passed 10-3-61) Penalty, see § 70.99