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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Colorado journalists on the crime beat are increasingly in the dark. More than two-dozen law enforcement agencies statewide have ...

The question of whether police radio transmissions should be encrypted has strong opinions on both sides. My father was Chief on the Prior Lake Fire Department for many years, so I know how important ...

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. Snohomish County is transitioning to a new, updated radio system for its law enforcement after Marysville Mayor Jon Nehring ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The public may no longer be able to listen to Denver police radio communications if the department moves forward with a proposal to encrypt all of its radios ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JASPER CO., Mo. — Law enforcement agencies in Jasper County have everything in place to begin encrypting their scanner traffic, ...

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 ...

The Longmont Police Department’s pilot scanner encryption program officially ended Thursday, but the department said it will keep its radio traffic encrypted while it analyzes data from the test ...