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 2530 International police radio. INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. Whereas it is apparent that the community of interest of the peoples of all the Americas would be fostered by encouraging the exchange, by amateur stations, without charge, of friendly messages emanating from our citizens. Be it resolved, by the Inter-American Radio Conference, that: In the interest of close and friendly contacts between the peoples of the Americas, the administrations of the contracting countries whose internal legislation permits it agree that amateur radio stations in their respective countries and possessions may internationally exchange messages emanating from third parties; provided, however, that such messages shall be of a character that would not normally be sent by any other existing means of electrical communication and on which no compensation may be directly or indirectly paid. SECTION 10. INTERNATIONAL POLICE RADIO. 1. Realizing the advantage to be gained by coordinating interna- tional police communications, all countries parties to this agreement are encouraged to authorize police radiotelegraph stations in close proximity to the boundaries of contiguous countries for the transmis- sion of emergency information regarding law enforcement matters. In general, only important police messages are to be handled, such as that which would lose its value due to slowness and time limitations of other communication methods. 2. Stations engaged in international police communication service shall normally use the facilities provided for national police service; provided (a) that police frequencies used primarily for radiotele- phone communication with mobile police units shall not be used for radiotelegraph communication, (b) that stations of different countries in close proximity to the boundary between countries may be author- ized by their administrations to exchange point to point radiotelephone communication, and (c) that initially the following frequencies be used for both national and international police radiotelegraph com- munication: 2804 Kc/s calling 2808 Kc/s working 2812 Kc/s working 5195 Kc/s day only calling 5135 Kc/s day only working 5140 Kc/s day only working. 3. Notifications concerning the particulars of stations engaged in international police service shall be forwarded to the Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union, Berne, Switzerland, in order that all stations desiring to inter-communicate may be kept informed of the details concerning individual operation. 4. In order to insure uniformity in the handling of messages, the doperating proce- following operating procedure shall be followed: (a) This service shall, in general, conform with the provisions of 49 Stat. . Article 16 of the General Radio Regulations annexed to the Inter- national Telecommunications Convention, Madrid, 1932.

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