Watchdog groups, journalists, advocates for open records, and everyday folks who had regularly tuned in to scanner traffic ...

Police scanners are actually legal to own and operate in the United States, because the radio frequencies used by law enforcement, like all U.S. radio frequencies, belong to the public.

Scanner Radio – Police Scanner, developed by GordonEdwards.net LLC, is another top-rated option on Google Play.There are over 7,000 live feeds to choose from, including not just police and fire ...

Police Scanner Radio offers a smooth app experience with a modern UI. It supports 10 countries and lets you browse stations based on popularity. In the US, you can filter stations based on states.

Broadcastify’s founder, Lindsay Blanton, said his interest in police radios began in the 1980s after watching his grandmother spend hours glued to a radio in her home in Charlottesville, Va ...

The NYPD has begun encrypting scanner radios that the press and the public have used to monitor basic police communications for more than 90 years. While the desire to put such communications on ...

Nighttime Scanner. Dakota Santiago, a news photographer, roams the city in his car, listening in on police activity over a handheld radio. Across the country, many others do the same. But as ...

The department stated that suspects have used scanners to evade arrest or disrupt police operations in real-time.