[Harrison Sand] just finished a guide on how to use SDR to listen in on Police and Fire radio bands ... using some support programs including the Digital Speech Decoder which turns the data ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Did a recent switch from old-school analog to encrypted digital police ... for police scanners. "Send an ambulance, I'm hit!" an officer said in a garbled radio call after being ...

A new push could take the ability to hear dispatch scanners away. Some agencies are saying it's to protect the public, while ...

There was a time when it was easy to eavesdrop on police and other service radio networks. Police scanners fans can hear live police, fire, and ambulance calls. However, it isn’t as easy as it ...

The ES-10 is the first film scanner reviewed on this site, so the comments below include more background commentary and comparisons/contrasts to digital cameras than would normally be the case.

Try tuning into the police radio channel in Pasadena, Calif., and you’ll hear nothing but static. On Jan. 7, the Pasadena Police Department completed a transition to encrypted radio communications ...

The Lynchburg Police Department plans to encrypt radio transmissions by December, aiming to enhance officer safety and ...

Individuals who listen to scanners to ... to it like it was a radio show!" one person wrote. Another questioned why the public doesn't have a right to know what the police are doing.

With the ES-10 film scanner, they bridge the two worlds, offering an attractive way for film-based photographers to join the digital revolution. Scanners vs. Digital Cameras This is the first ...