ROCHESTER – A popular pastime among neighborhood watchdogs will soon go away in Rochester as local law enforcement agencies transition to encrypted radio communications. Both the Rochester Police ...

The days of Chicago reporters and news photographers relying on a live, crackling police scanner to chase news and tell the public what officers are doing in real time are quickly coming to an end.

SAN DIEGOSAN DIEGO — Three months after the Sheriff’s Department encrypted its radio communications, the department last week rolled out a online page that shows what calls deputies are handling. The ...

(TNS) — A popular pastime among neighborhood watchdogs will soon go away in Rochester as local law enforcement agencies transition to encrypted radio communications. Both the Rochester Police ...

WICOMICO COUNTY, Md. -- A controversial memorandum of understanding between Wicomico County and a popular Facebook page has been put on pause. At the end of July, County Executive Julie Giordano gave ...

The New York City Council approved a bill Thursday that would require the NYPD to establish and implement a radio encryption ...

Lincoln Police have cut the cord on real-time public access to the department's primary dispatch channels. The department's feed on the city's new emergency radio system is encrypted and anyone ...

Right-wing extremists are using encrypted channels to call for violence against government officials on Jan. 20, the day President-elect Joe Biden is inaugurated, with some extremists sharing ...

The Loveland Police Department quietly encrypted its police scanners in October, following a statewide trend of law enforcement agencies restricting who can listen to their calls for service. Though ...