Skagit 911 isn’t the only dispatch agency that has moved toward encrypting its radio communications and scanners. Jurisdictions in Indiana, Colorado, California, Nevada and South Dakota encrypted ...

Police scanners are going silent thanks to a new rule requiring the communication system be encrypted. The mandate from the federal government means the frequently-used method by media to track down ...

(FOX 2) - Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. The tool has been a popular mechanism for news agencies and members of the public interested in tracking anything ...

A scanner listener says the move to encrypt all Westcom dispatch channels, which handles 911 for the western suburbs, is "a ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis will cease public broadcasts of its police radio communications starting in May and shift to online dashboards for the public to track emergency incident responses. In a news ...

Late last month, the citizens of Boulder lost a crucial tool of transparency when the Boulder Police Department began encrypting its communications. While most people are probably most familiar with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dartmouth Police announced they've fully encrypted their radio communications, upgrading their system in a move they described as ...

(TNS) — 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 ...

Dartmouth Police announced they've fully encrypted their radio communications, upgrading their system in a move they described as safeguarding the public's personal information and ensuring increased ...

BERKELEY — Police scanners in Berkeley will officially be encrypted starting Thursday morning, officials said Wednesday. Scanner encryption, the process of shifting officers and dispatch communication ...