The Anti Police-Terror Project (APTP) has condemned the Oakland Police Department's decision to encrypt all radio ...

Law enforcement agencies in Jasper County have everything in place to begin encrypting their scanner traffic, and there are questions about why encryption is necessary.

We’re letting the public know that losing access to Oakland's police scanner makes it harder to report on shootings, chases, ...

As numerous law enforcement agencies flocked to Minneapolis following the Annunciation Church mass shooting, the city temporarily made its police radio traffic publicly accessible for the first time ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Chicago officials are moving to block members of the public and the media from being able to monitor some police and radio traffic in real time by installing encryption technology ...

In most newsrooms, a scanner that picks up on local police and fire communications provides a constant stream of background noise that often prompts reporters to leap into action when they hear ...

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 ...

The glitch appears rooted in a broader, little-publicized push to silence similar police scanner traffic across Alameda and ...

Critics: encryption of police scanners in Chicago puts public safety at risk CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police scanners are being silenced in Chicago – and while officers say it is for their safety, some ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Public access to the scanner in St. Joseph will be removed as the city transitions to encrypted radio channels. According to Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett ...

No timeline exists for when police departments and sheriff’s offices across Alameda and Contra Costa counties will end public ...

Scanner transmission is critical to covering breaking news. It was over the airwaves that 10 On Your Side first got wind of the 2019 mass shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center.