(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 ...

It doesn’t cost much to break onto a police-scanner channel and curse, spew hateful language or threaten an elected leader as ...

Threats over local scanner channels are still being investigated as Mayor O'Connor spoke to students about eradicating hate ...

Police in Pittsburgh are investigating a threat against Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O'Connor that was broadcast over police ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Public access to the scanner in St. Joseph will be removed as the city transitions to encrypted ...

Berkeley Police Department encrypted all radio channels Thursday at 5 a.m., citing safety issues. On Wednesday at its regular meeting, the Police Accountability Board, or PAB, discussed the decision ...

The multi-million dollar effort to remove public access to police radio communications across the East Bay has a new start date, roughly a month after similar plans were undone by a technology snafu.

OAKLAND — For decades, the public has had the ability to tune into radio channels where Oakland police and other Bay Area law enforcement agencies discuss emergency calls and coordinate responses. San ...

After weeks of technical hiccups, nearly every law enforcement agency across the East Bay has now silenced their police radios. Before sunrise Wednesday, all but one Alameda County agency pulled ...

More threats broadcast over police radio channel ...