Police Department will move to encrypted digital dispatch and radio communications to protect officers, victims and ongoing ...

We verify if it's legal to decrypt encrypted police scanner traffic, after a local department announced it's moving to encrypted dispatch and radio communications.

DECATUR, Ala. — The Decatur Police Department is switching to encrypted digital radio and dispatch communications to better ...

The City of Decatur announced on Tuesday that the police department is moving to encrypted dispatch and radio communications.

(KODE/KSNF) — If you’ve ever listened to a scanner to find out what police and other emergency crews are responding to, you have probably noticed a decrease in scanner traffic especially in the last ...

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 ...

The end of police scanners? Encrypted communications coming A mandate from the federal government means police scanners will be encrypted by October. That goal is police safety, according to the ...

YAKIMA, Wash. – Yakima police have launched an investigation into illegal broadcasts on their primary radio channel, which have been disrupting emergency communications for months. Officers noticed ...

For decades, police radio communications were one of the few ways the public and the press could independently understand what was happening in their communities in real time. Journalists relied on ...