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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislation has been introduced in the Illinois legislature that would require law enforcement agencies that encrypt police scanner radio transmissions to give real time ...

The Emergency Communications Center is pictured on Nov. 3, 2023, on the second floor of the Judicial and Law Enforcement Center. The days of police business being aired over a “scanner” are nearing ...

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 ...