If you have a police scanner in Longview, you may have noticed it has grown quiet. That’s because Longview Police have ...

The Longview Police Department says it is encrypting radio communications "to enhance public safety, protect sensitive ...

The Gregg County Sheriff’s Office said on Thursday they will switching their emergency communications to encrypted radio ...

As Palo Alto police switch to encrypted radio, newsroom scanners go silent In a sudden move that will severely limit the ability of journalists and citizen watchdogs to know about crimes as they ...

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 ...

Or it can take a more restrictive approach and encrypt all of its communications ... news based on information picked up from a police scanner. When you donate to keep journalism local, your ...

This Texas city's citizens are concerned over the way its police department communicates with its officers in the field.

All radio transmissions by the New Castle County Police Department will be encrypted by the end of ... turn the devices into mobile police scanners, allowing criminals to monitor police activities ...

Both the Rochester Police Department and Olmsted County Sheriff's Office will switch to encrypted channels for radio communications beginning Jan. 27. (Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune) ...

In Minnesota, Hennepin County became the first known agency to encrypt calls in 2019 ... cases that learning about an incident from a police scanner is a way that journalists and the public ...

Police scanners in Scott County are set to go silent under a radio replacement plan currently being rolled out countywide.  Local law enforcement dispatch communications will be aired over ...