Colorado Revised Statutes Title 24. Government State § 24-6-501. Definitions

(1) “Encryption” means the encoding of voice communication on an analog or digitally modulated radio carrier, which encoding renders the communication difficult or impossible to be monitored by commercially available radio receivers or scanners.

(2) “Law enforcement agency” means a municipal police department or a county sheriff's office.

(3) “Media” means a news media entity associated with a statewide organization representing FCC-licensed broadcasting entities or a statewide organization representing a majority of Colorado newspapers.

(4) “Radio communications” means any communication by way of transmission of a radio frequency carrier to base, mobile, or portable radio transceivers by either analog or digital modulation.

(5) “Scanner” means a radio receiver designed for the purpose of monitoring multiple radio carriers simultaneously.