If you are in crisis, you can reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by calling 988. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — When Lisa Judi isn’t working her full-time job, she spends her time listening to local ...

Seeing the red lights flashing behind you while driving on the highway can immediately make your heart sink, so it's no surprise that a lot of drivers are using police scanners to detect nearby police ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — It could be considered an honest mistake when someone who is listening to police scanner traffic posts some of that information on social media. After all, the information is ...

Standing up for your rights is dangerous, and now that cities around the U.S. are implementing early curfews with violent enforcement, it’s useful to arm yourself with as much knowledge as you can. At ...

American cities are encrypting their emergency radio communications over concerns about safety and privacy. By Ernesto Londoño Ernesto Londoño reported from Indianapolis, where he spent hours ...

The NYPD has begun encrypting scanner radios that the press and the public have used to monitor basic police communications for more than 90 years. While the desire to put such communications on an ...

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the ...

If you've been listening to your trusty old police scanner, you may be missing something: half the action. Douglas County in Minnesota has started broadcasting on a new digital frequency and some ...

Law enforcement communications will be encrypted, keeping to-the-second updates about police whereabouts and breaking news situations private and off of public police scanners in a move law ...

On Thursday, police flipped the switch, encrypting more than 2,000 radios in the city. The switch happened around 1 p.m. and police officers could be heard directing their colleagues to switch over to ...