Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. But these days, police scanners are going silent.

On Thursday, police flipped the switch, encrypting more than 2,000 radios in the city. The switch happened around 1 p.m. and police officers could be heard directing their colleagues to switch over to ...

As of the beginning of the year, the Norton County Sheriff's Department has encrypted its radio traffic, so the public can no ...

EVANSVILLE — After a man allegedly ambushed and killed Evansville firefighter Robert F. Doerr II in 2019, investigators said he monitored police radio chatter using a smartphone app while he made his ...

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More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the ...

(TNS) — The City Council’s proposed legislation to force the Honolulu Police Department to restore limited access to its radio communications to legitimate news media outlets advanced to a second of ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — It could be considered an honest mistake when someone who is listening to police scanner traffic posts some of that information on social media. After all, the information is ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Officials say two men used a police scanner app while attempting to burglarize a Food Lion in Virginia Beach overnight. According to police, officers were sent to the Food ...