Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. But these days, police scanners are going silent.

For decades, police radio communications were one of the few ways the public and the press could independently understand ...

As of the beginning of the year, the Norton County Sheriff's Department has encrypted its radio traffic, so the public can no ...

The Illinois Attorney General's office has charged a Chicago police officer with bribery and misconduct. Officer Alain Dillon, 37, is accused of accepting multiple $500 payments in exchange for using ...

LONGVIEW, Texas (KLTV) - If you have a police scanner in Longview, you may have noticed it has grown quiet. That’s because Longview Police have secured their broadcast signals, and they can’t be heard ...

Prince William County police transitioned from open dispatch traffic to fully encrypted police radio transmissions earlier this month, aligning with what the department calls "evolving public safety ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged a Chicago police officer over allegations the officer accepted payments in exchange for the use of his department-issued encrypted radio. Raoul ...

BIG RAPIDS — Big Rapids Department of Public Safety Sgt. Chad Kinsey and officer Andrew Hartung addressed the City Commission ...

Residents and commuters are being told to avoid a stretch of Davie as police officers are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Tuesday afternoon, authorities say. Davie police have ...

RANCHI: The officer in charge of Hussainabad Police Station in Jharkhand’s Palamu has landed in controversy after a romantic reel, shot in uniform with his wife inside the police station premises, ...