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 ...

Police radio communications have been public ever since the Detroit Police Department began broadcasting one-way transmissions to mobile officers on station KOP in the 1920s. In fact, in those early ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Metro Nashville Police Department plans to roll out a system that would encrypt their radio channels from reaching the public. Anyone who listens to radio traffic through ...

It doesn’t cost much to break onto a police-scanner channel and curse, spew hateful language or threaten an elected leader as ...

Critics say encryption is an ‘attack on transparency’, and that radio monitoring is one of the few ways to keep track of the police The New York police department (NYPD) is facing serious backlash ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Two Boston lawmakers are demanding a “full investigation” into a police radio failure in the midst of multiple shootings and ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Police Department is among the latest law enforcement agencies in California to transition to encrypted police radio communications, thus preventing media outlets from ...

Yakima police are investigating "pirate" transmissions that are disrupting law enforcement communications. A plan to replace the radio system is underway as part of a voter-approved overhaul for first ...

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.

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu’s interim police chief is opposing allowing the media to have access to police radio scanners, despite sounding open to it last month. Newly appointed interim Chief ...