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 ...

The NYPD has begun encrypting scanner radios that the press and the public have used to monitor basic police communications for more than 90 years. While the desire to put such communications on an ...

Standing up for your rights is dangerous, and now that cities around the U.S. are implementing early curfews with violent enforcement, it’s useful to arm yourself with as much knowledge as you can. At ...

BERKELEY — Police scanners in Berkeley could soon go silent, but transparency concerns remain among some current and former city leaders who say they’d like to first see more discussion on the issue ...

A coalition of Chicago news organizations has written a letter to the public it serves raising considerable concern about the suppression of an important tool with which we inform the public: The ...

Late last month, the citizens of Boulder lost a crucial tool of transparency when the Boulder Police Department began encrypting its communications. While most people are probably most familiar with ...

Wen Gutreuter considers herself a safety-conscious resident who likes to stay abreast of news in her community. The 50-year-old mother of three said the fastest and most useful information she gets ...

Fundraising goal Champion's Crusaiders Rescue hopes to raise $8,000 to supply local police with 28 animal microchip scanners and two leather slip leads per police vehicle. The digital scanners will be ...