No person shall intercept any message or transmission made on or over any communications system established by the department of public safety and use the information obtained thereby to aid, abet or assist in committing a crime, or in violating any law of this state, or use the same in a manner which will interfere with the discharge of the department's operations.
Any person who violates any provision of this section or of section two of this article shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to confinement in the county jail for a period not to exceed one year or by a fine of an amount not to exceed $500 or by both such confinement and fine in the discretion of the court.
Structure West Virginia Code
Article 3. Communication Systems for Police Purposes
§15-3-1. Communication System for Department of Public Safety
§15-3-2. Radio Transmitters Operating on the State Police Frequency
§15-3-3. Use of Police Radio Stations
§15-3-4. Priority of Calls to Police Radio Stations
§15-3-6. Location of Police Radio Stations
§15-3-7. Staffs of Police Radio Stations
§15-3-8. Superintendent to Make Rules and Regulations to Carry Out Article
§15-3-9. Jurisdiction of Justices to Enforce Article
§15-3-10. Disclosure of Location Information; Emergency Situations