This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The Glendale Police Department plans to ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- Should police radio broadcasts be encrypted or should they stay public? There's a debate between the NYPD, New York City Council, and New York City Mayor Eric Adams on this ...

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- New York City Council is holding a hearing Monday on the NYPD's planned upgrade to its decades-old radio system. No one disputes the need for an upgrade. What makes this ...

Every time she left her house over the past three years, Christina Smith would check Facebook to see if it’s safe where she’s headed. While she was out, she’d check Facebook to see if there’s any ...

Seeing the red lights flashing behind you while driving on the highway can immediately make your heart sink, so it's no surprise that a lot of drivers are using police scanners to detect nearby police ...

A high-ranking Senate Democrat wants to keep police band radio signals available to the press and public. Sen. Michael Gianaris, D-Astoria and Senate deputy majority leader, has introduced the Keep ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul vetoed a piece of legislation Friday that would’ve restored some public access to police radio frequencies. Police agencies around the nation, including the ...

A coalition of Chicago news organizations has written a letter to the public it serves raising considerable concern about the suppression of an important tool with which we inform the public: The ...

Speaker A: But without a police scanner, it’s possible no one would have heard Garner’s last words. Speaker A: One of Todd’s colleagues broke the story after staying up late listening to his scanner.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A bill that would give New York journalists access to police radio frequencies is officially sitting on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk after passing through the New York State Congress ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CHICAGO — In neighborhoods across Chicago, ...

The most vital citywide NYPD radio frequency went dark on Wednesday, yet another stage of the department's ongoing radio encryption efforts. This move made it more difficult for press organizations to ...