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 ...
Listening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals — and you’re off to the races. It ...
Three local cities are considering buying new radio frequencies to solve interference issues on a shared new digital police radio system. Hewitt and Lorena police departments joined the Woodway Public ...
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Did a recent switch from old-school analog to encrypted digital police radio channels make them harder to understand? The problem was highlighted during a shooting that wounded a ...
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 ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu’s emergency communications system has been upgraded, meaning scanners from all the city’s public safety departments are now shut off to everyone else. The change ...
Jun. 8—The public's long-standing access to routine radio communications by Honolulu police and firefighters is coming to an end as the city nears completion of a $15 million system overhaul that will ...