For decades, police radio communications were one of the few ways the public and the press could independently understand ...

In most newsrooms, a scanner that picks up on local police and fire communications provides a constant stream of background noise that often prompts reporters to leap into action when they hear ...

Late last month, the citizens of Boulder lost a crucial tool of transparency when the Boulder Police Department began encrypting its communications. While most people are probably most familiar with ...

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 ...

The San Diego Police Department announced Friday it plans to encrypt its radio communications, blocking the public from listening to real-time information being shared by officers during public safety ...

BERKELEY — Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislation has been introduced in the Illinois legislature that would require law enforcement agencies that encrypt police scanner radio transmissions to give real time ...

Snohomish County is transitioning to a new, updated radio system for its law enforcement after Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring claimed the current system had reached its expiration date. “The current ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged a Chicago police officer over allegations the officer accepted payments in exchange ...