(TNS) — MANCHESTER, N.H. — Last month, Manchester, N.H., police transmissions accessible to anyone with a radio scanner became unintelligible to those outside the department. After upgrading its ...

JASPER CO., Mo. — Law enforcement agencies in Jasper County have everything in place to begin encrypting their scanner traffic, and there are questions about why encryption is necessary. During a ...

The Longmont Police Department’s pilot scanner encryption program officially ended Thursday, but the department said it will keep its radio traffic encrypted while it analyzes data from the test ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — After switching to encrypted transmission this month, the Virginia Beach Police Department scanners are quiet, leaving thousands of scanner hobbyists without their beloved ...

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 important ...

Editor’s note: An earlier version of this story misspelled police chief candidate Maris Herold’s last name. The story below has been updated. Boulder police chief finalists remained silent Monday on ...

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 important ...

Police activity in Baltimore will soon be concealed by the shroud of an encrypted radio system. Thisnew equipment will allowofficers to work without worrying about whether a crafty criminal is ...

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 ...

BERKELEY — Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio ...