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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

NEW YORK -- Mayor Eric Adams is defending the NYPD's decision to spend $390 million on a new radio system that will encrypt officers' radio communications, meaning the public won't be able to listen ...

(Updated at 10:35 a.m.) A public-records request sheds light on how the Arlington County Police Department justified a change to what the public can hear via police radio channels. The Freedom of ...

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 ...

On a Saturday morning in late February, The White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army" played on the Yakima Police Department's main radio frequency. The song interrupted the department's radio traffic for ...