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 ...

(WHTM) — It will soon be more difficult to monitor police activity for those with scanners in one Midstate county. Dauphin County announced plans to encrypt all police radio transmissions on Wednesday ...

Seeing the red lights flashing behind you while driving on the highway can immediately make your heart sink, so it's no surprise that a lot of drivers are using police scanners to detect nearby police ...

(FOX 2) - Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. The tool has been a popular mechanism for news agencies and members of the public interested in tracking anything ...

PORT HURON, MI — Police radio traffic in Port Huron is expected to go silent to the public this week as the department begins encrypting its communications, a change tied to statewide requirements ...

For years, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher advised his deputies to monitor the social media pages of devout police radio listeners for details on unfolding Minneapolis incidents in case a fleeing ...

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For decades, citizens have been able to listen in on police chatter. Cincinnati city and Hamilton County officials are ...