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 ...

Kathy Hochul's Dec. 19 veto of a bill that would have granted journalists across the state real-time access to encrypted police radio transmissions will have negative consequences for not only the ...

Late last month, the citizens of Boulder lost a crucial tool of transparency when the Boulder Police Department began encrypting its communications. While most people are probably most familiar with ...

EVANSVILLE — After a man allegedly ambushed and killed Evansville firefighter Robert F. Doerr II in 2019, investigators said he monitored police radio chatter using a smartphone app while he made his ...

BERKELEY — Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio ...

The Springfield Police Department has joined the increasing number of law enforcement entities adopting encryption to police radio transmissions, limiting the ability of the public to hear police ...

The San Diego Police Department announced Friday it plans to encrypt its radio communications, blocking the public from listening to real-time information being shared by officers during public safety ...

Dartmouth Police announced they've fully encrypted their radio communications, upgrading their system in a move they described as safeguarding the public's personal information and ensuring increased ...