(a) A person is guilty of interfering with an emergency call when such person, with the intent of preventing another person from making or completing a 9-1-1 telephone call or a telephone call or radio communication to any law enforcement agency to request police protection or report the commission of a crime, physically or verbally prevents or hinders such other person from making or completing such telephone call or radio communication.(b) Interfering with an emergency call is a class A misdemeanor.(P.A. 03-43, S. 1.)See Sec. 53-210 re refusal to relinquish party line when needed for emergency call.
Connecticut Legal Code
§ 53a-183b
Connecticut Title 53a — Connecticut law
Source: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_952.htm#sec_53a-183b· Version 2026