As thousands of people across the U.S. protest against police brutality, police-scanner apps have surged in popularity. One such app, 5-0 Radio Police Scanner, shot up the charts to become the most ...

U.S. smartphone users are downloading police scanner apps in record numbers amid protests taking place across the country in the wake of George Floyd's murder, according to mobile-app data analysis ...

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

A Facebook group with nearly 10,000 wants central Iowans to stay up-to-date on crime in the metro.The Des Moines Scanner Squad Facebook page gathers police scanner aficionados to discuss ongoing ...

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 ...

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 ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI -- For those who’ve listened to the crackle of the scanner traffic over desktop or handheld radios over the years in Genesee County, the silence heard Thursday afternoon was ...

Facial recognition: important safety measure or dystopian nightmare? No matter how you see it, the fact is that police have it at their fingertips. AI-powered algorithms should, in theory, be able to ...

EAST LANSING, Mich. — In East Lansing, crowds gathered on Tuesday night to remember the victims of a mass shooting on the campus of Michigan State University. Thanks to police scanner recordings, we ...