A police licensee may use, without special authorization from the commission, any mobile service frequency between 40 and 952 MHz, for communication in connection with physical surveillance, stakeouts, raids, and other such activities. Such use shall be on a secondary basis to operations of licensees regularly authorized on the assigned frequencies. The maximum output power that may be used for such communications is 2 watts.
Ref: FCC part 90, Sub B, 90.20 Page 273.