Police scanners are actually legal to own and operate in the United States, because the radio frequencies used by law enforcement, like all U.S. radio frequencies, belong to the public.

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

Frequency Range: 20MHz - 1300MHz; Compatible with: Public Radio Scanner, Ham Radio, Two Way Radio, Walkie Talkie, Mobile Radio; VSWR: < 2.0; Impedance: 50 ohm ...

Calgary has been the only major Canadian city where police allowed news outlets to keep an ear on officer activity on the street by letting them listen in on some of their radio chatter. But that ...

Using radio encryption technology also protects victim and ... to secrecy within the agency and some wonder just how many ...