Police scanner audio provides more details in Urbandale police’s response to investigate a dead body on Sunday night.

Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. But these days, police scanners are going silent.

In most newsrooms, a scanner that picks up on local police and fire communications provides a constant stream of background noise that often prompts reporters to leap into action when they hear ...

It was police radio traffic on the scanner that drew freelance photojournalist Juan Ruiz to an Encanto home last year, where he captured video footage of an unarmed man being bitten by a police dog ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - The Lynchburg Police Department is taking steps to enhance safety and security by encrypting its radio transmissions. LPD says encrypting radio transmissions is about keeping ...

(WHTM) — It will soon be more difficult to monitor police activity for those with scanners in one Midstate county. Dauphin County announced plans to encrypt all police radio transmissions on Wednesday ...

IN THIS CASE? WELL, POLICE DO HAVE WITNESSES AND MALL SECURITY MAY HAVE SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE. A COURT TESTIMONY INDICATES ONE OF THE VICTIMS RECOGNIZED THE DEFENDANT, A NINTH GRADER FROM SCHOOL, ...

(TNS) — 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 and ...

Investigators are still working to identify the person who killed a mother inside her home.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The I-Team has the recordings of those offensive racial statements. They were heard Sunday morning over Chicago police radios. But on Monday night, city officials told the I-Team the ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — A bill that would provide media access to Honolulu police scanners is heading back to the Committee for further discussion. The Honolulu City Council passed the bill to its second ...

Having the public listen in to police radios allows the press, citizens and watchdogs to keep track of what was happening and where and we applaud the “Keep Police Radio Public Act,” passed by the ...