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.

BERKELEY — 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 ...

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 ...

For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security ...

OAKLAND — For decades, the public has had the ability to tune into radio channels where Oakland police and other Bay Area law enforcement agencies discuss emergency calls and coordinate responses.

There was pushback during a public safety meeting in Troy Thursday night. Locals and officials from the Troy Police Department both made their cases regarding the encryption of scanners in the Collar ...

In most newsrooms, a scanner that picks up on local police and fire communications provides a constant stream of background noise that often prompts reporters to leap into action when they hear ...