Curious about police activity in your area, but don't want to invest in a dedicated police scanner? Try using your Android phone instead. With an Android app called Scanner Radio, you can turn your ...

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Listening to Boston police radio transmissions over old-school scanner equipment will soon yield nothing but dead air. The Boston Police Department said Wednesday that it will convert its analog radio ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson Police Department is shutting down their police scanner channels Monday morning, encrypting their radio call communications. This means the public can no longer listen to police ...

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 ...

The Minneapolis Police Department will start using encrypted scanners, meaning news media and members of the public won't be able to listen in real time. Pictured is a file photo of a police scanner ...

Walla Walla Valley law enforcement agencies planned to switch their main radio communications to encrypted channels starting tentatively on Oct. 30, 2026.