Law enforcement communications will be encrypted, keeping to-the-second updates about police whereabouts and breaking news situations private and off of public police scanners in a move law ...

So began a media release sent out on Dec. 21, the Thursday before the Christmas holiday weekend. It’s safe to say that not a lot of people saw the initial release. And those who did might not have ...

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 ...

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark.(KTHV) - Those who listen to emergency radio scanners might have noticed only static coming from all the central Arkansas scanner channels. It's a change North Little Rock ...

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the ...

Matthew A. Hale, 29, was arrested last week in Muncie, Ind., after he allegedly fled the scene of a failed stickup at a pharmacy. Police accused Hale of being the getaway driver for an accomplice who ...

Stephen Wolf recalled scanning for fire and police radio frequencies as a kid in New York City, using a rotary tuner on a 7-inch black-and-white television. Charles Benn began listening to shortwave ...

Local public safety agencies serving nearly a million people in the Nashville area will soon encrypt their primary radio channels, meaning news outlets and citizens will no longer be able to listen to ...

On Thursday, police flipped the switch, encrypting more than 2,000 radios in the city. The switch happened around 1 p.m. and police officers could be heard directing their colleagues to switch over to ...