So began a media release sent out on Dec. 21, the Thursday before the Christmas holiday weekend. It’s safe to say that not a lot of people saw the initial release. And those who did might not have ...

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the ...

“Beginning on January 23, 2024, the following Johnson County police agencies will begin full encryption of their radio communications.” So began a media release sent out on Dec. 21, the Thursday ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. By Nov. 13, law enforcement radio and police scanners will go dark in Sioux Falls and Minnehaha County, as well as in Rapid City ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Honolulu City Council is trying to pressure the Honolulu Police Department to release more information about emergencies and criminal activity. Television executives ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis will cease public broadcasts of its police radio communications starting in May and shift to online dashboards for the public to track emergency incident responses. In a news ...

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 ...

Law enforcement communications will be encrypted, keeping to-the-second updates about police whereabouts and breaking news situations private and off of public police scanners in a move law ...

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 ...

After decades of news outlets and the public listening to police scanners, law enforcement officials across the country are cutting off access by encrypting their radio communications.