The days of eavesdropping on the New York Police Department may be coming to an end. The NYPD says it wants to reimagine its current police communication system and transition to encrypted messages by ...

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 best police scanner app can be both an exciting form of entertainment, like an audio-only version of an episode of Cops, or it can be a tremendously useful way how to avoid bad traffic caused by ...

You don’t have to be an investigative journalist or a private eye in an old noir film to use a police scanner, nor do you need to splurge on a stand-alone device just to get the inside scoop. The ...