Law enforcement communications will be encrypted, keeping to-the-second updates about police whereabouts and breaking news situations private and off of public police scanners in a move law ...

Standing up for your rights is dangerous, and now that cities around the U.S. are implementing early curfews with violent enforcement, it’s useful to arm yourself with as much knowledge as you can. At ...

The ability for the public and media to listen to police scanner activity may come to an end or be drastically altered when Luzerne County implements a new 911 radio upgrade. County officials plan to ...

So began a media release sent out on Dec. 21, the Thursday before the Christmas holiday weekend. It’s safe to say that not a lot of people saw the initial release. And those who did might not have ...

Question: A few blocks over, police recently swarmed a house late at night. I really wanted to go see what was going on, but didn't want to get in the way. Can I listen to my local police scanner on ...

When was the last time you saw a trucker pulled over for speeding? The question never occurred to me until the summer of 2003, as I was preparing for the Gumball Rally, one of the spiritual ...

A report of a suspicious person crackled from John Messner’s RadioShack police scanner, one of two he keeps at his home in Knoxville, Tenn. When an officer was heard yelling “Shots fired!” minutes ...

As Cleveland celebrates the Cavaliers NBA championship victory, the city police department will be dealing with thousands of people hitting the streets. You can listen to the scanner feed of the ...

Stephen Wolf recalled scanning for fire and police radio frequencies as a kid in New York City, using a rotary tuner on a 7-inch black-and-white television. Charles Benn began listening to shortwave ...