While analog police scanners are bulky devices, their digital counterparts offer a convenient and easy-to-use interface. Scanner Radio Police Scanner Audio from 7,000+ scanners ...

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.

EVERETT — Police radio communications across Snohomish County will be encrypted starting May 6, cutting off public access to real-time scanner traffic, officials announced Tuesday at a press ...

The Racine Police Department moved their radios to digital transmission this spring, effectively stopping the public and press from listening in with scanners.

CLEVELAND -- An officer's voice came over the police radio: "I have a group of people fighting -- one of them is dressed like a robot." Another officer, in reference to a group of protesters on ...

Critics cite a lack of transparency and the effect on news media operations as harmful impacts of radio encryption.

Denny Blaine ;) Starting next winter, the Seattle Police Department will fully encrypt its most sensitive radio communications, officially ending an era of public monitoring that ...

The city will encrypt police radio communications in May, saying the move is necessary to comply with privacy laws. To stream KARE 11 on your phone, you need the KARE 11 app. Download the KARE 11 app ...