This app brings back memories of my trips to Radio Shack back in the day to look at scanners to listen to police, fire, aircraft and other emergency frequencies. SuperScanner! (US$9.99) recreates ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Police departments around the country are working to shield their radio communications from the public as cheap, user-friendly technology has made it easy for anyone to use handheld ...

CODE TALKER: The Sheriff’s Department has replaced its radios with new Motorola units like the APX 4500, above, now in all their vehicles. The shift has allowed the agency to to encrypt its internal ...

The Mesa Police Department began encrypting its radio traffic last month, ending the ability of people with radio scanners to hear officers’ chatter. Sensitive, or “hot channels,” used by SWAT and ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Most police scanners in the area fell silent two weeks ago. That's when police, fire and ambulance services in Tippecanoe County switched over to the P25 system. The change to the ...

On Tuesday last week, the familiar crackle of radio traffic and the chatter of Billings police officers and local dispatchers on scanners across the city went silent, and it's not coming back. At ...