Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. But these days, police scanners are going silent.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — In East Lansing, crowds gathered on Tuesday night to remember the victims of a mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State University. Thanks to police scanner recordings, we ...
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 ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The NYPD has begun encrypting scanner radios that the press and the public have used to monitor basic police communications for ...
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 ...
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 ...