HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Honolulu’s interim police chief is opposing allowing the media to have access to police radio scanners, despite sounding open to it last month. Newly appointed interim Chief ...
It was police radio traffic on the scanner that drew freelance photojournalist Juan Ruiz to an Encanto home last year, where he captured video footage of an unarmed man being bitten by a police dog ...
The Boston Globe: Boston police radio transmissions will convert to ‘encrypted digital’ system Aug. 9, officials say
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 ...
Boston police radio transmissions will convert to ‘encrypted digital’ system Aug. 9, officials say
Daily Camera: Boulder police radios going encrypted means public, press won’t be able to listen in
Boulder’s police radios will no longer be available for curious minds and ears starting Tuesday. Up until now, anyone interested in what the Boulder Police Department was doing could go to a police ...
Boulder police radios going encrypted means public, press won’t be able to listen in
San Diego Union-Tribune: Journalists and watchdog groups scramble to watch police after scanners go silent
Journalists and watchdog groups scramble to watch police after scanners go silent
Hawaii News Now: Media executives, police chief spar over access to scanners
AOL: Police scanners are being encrypted, rankling journalists that follow the traffic
(FOX 2) - Police scanners have often been the first sign of news that is breaking. The tool has been a popular mechanism for news agencies and members of the public interested in tracking anything ...