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

BERKELEY — Full public access to police scanner activity in the East Bay will soon be unavailable after Berkeley councilmembers gave the city’s police department permission to encrypt radio ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mar. 23—Stillwater City Council has approved fully encrypting a new radio system being purchased for the Stillwater Police ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police scanners are being silenced in Chicago – and while officers say it is for their safety, some say it is actually putting your safety in jeopardy. As CBS 2 Investigator Megan ...

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 ...

For more than 25 years, a technology used for critical data and voice radio communications around the world has been shrouded in secrecy to prevent anyone from closely scrutinizing its security ...

Senate Bill 1000, which would require law enforcement agencies to restores public access to their radio communications while protecting confidential information, was passed by the state Assembly ...

FOX54 verifies if it's legal to decode encrypted police radio scanner footage.