Scanner addicts and others woke up Tuesday to silence but it wasn’t a sweet sound for many of them. The silence was due to ...

Law enforcement authorities cite officer safety as a main reason behind a recent decision to encrypt their radio frequencies.

This Texas city's citizens are concerned over the way its police department communicates with its officers in the field.

KLTV 7’s Jamey Boyum talks with Gregg County Chief Deputy Craig Harrington about why the county decided to encrypt their radio traffic just a few days after Longview Police secured their transmissions ...

The Longview Police Department says it is encrypting radio communications "to enhance public safety, protect sensitive ...

The Longview Police Department said they will begin encrypting their radio communications, or police scanner, as an essential ...

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 ...

Safety to community members and police officers in Crawfordsville has become even more important as CPD scanners have been ...

On Monday, the Crawfordsville Police Department fully encrypted all radio communications. This means the public will not have access to scanner information.

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 ...

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