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 ...

We verify if it's legal to decrypt encrypted police scanner traffic, after a local department announced it's moving to encrypted dispatch and radio communications.

Police scanners are going silent thanks to a new rule requiring the communication system be encrypted. The mandate from the federal government means the frequently-used method by media to track down ...

It was police radio traffic on the scanner that drew freelance photojournalist Juan Ruiz to an Encanto home last year, where he captured video footage of an unarmed man being bitten by a police dog ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The Lynchburg Police Department is taking steps to enhance safety and security by encrypting its radio transmissions. LPD says encrypting radio transmissions is about keeping ...

Having the public listen in to police radios allows the press, citizens and watchdogs to keep track of what was happening and where and we applaud the “Keep Police Radio Public Act,” passed by the ...