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 ...

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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 ...

Okay, so maybe this belongs in mobile... but it probably belongs here at least somewhat. Since I'm a ham, I can carry a police scanner in my car. Thats pretty sweet, and I would like to get some sort ...

The shrill sound of sirens approaches and then fades away. It is not just one or two; many emergency vehicles are speeding ...

Downloads of police scanner apps, tools for private communication and mobile safety apps hit record numbers this past weekend in the U.S., amid continued nationwide protests over the police killing of ...