Public access to Harris County law enforcement radio traffic is being credited with helping officers locate an SUV stolen ...

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 ...

“Beginning on January 23, 2024, the following Johnson County police agencies will begin full encryption of their radio communications.” So began a media release sent out on Dec. 21, the Thursday ...

The days of eavesdropping on the New York Police Department may be coming to an end. The NYPD says it wants to reimagine its current police communication system and transition to encrypted messages by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Those in the Peoria area who listen to police radio traffic on their phones or on radio scanners heard ...

Police activity in Baltimore will soon be concealed by the shroud of an encrypted radio system. Thisnew equipment will allowofficers to work without worrying about whether a crafty criminal is ...

Public safety agencies in Austin — police, fire and EMS — will soon go radio silent to the public after they switch to an encrypted radio system. This means that the current publicly available scanner ...

BERKELEY — Police scanners in Berkeley will officially be encrypted starting Thursday morning, officials said Wednesday. Scanner encryption, the process of shifting officers and dispatch communication ...

(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 ...

PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Scanner addicts and others woke up Tuesday to silence but it wasn’t a sweet sound for many of them. The silence was due to the encryption of the main radio frequency used by the ...