Listeners can tune in to an online feed starting Saturday, but the Boston Police Department said its radio transmissions will ...

Police scanners are actually legal to own and operate in the United States, because the radio frequencies used by law enforcement, like all U.S. radio frequencies, belong to the public.

In October I wrote a piece about monitoring public safety radio in 2020 using police scanners, digital and analog. It’s worth noting that there is still a fair amount of radio communication on ...

It’s not consistent. And so, we want more, and having access to the police scanners would allow us that.” Jason Hagiwara, KITV general manager, said faster access to information can be lifesaving.

The tradition started years ago through police scanners, but because the cost of new digital police scanners became too high for the casual listener to afford, the broadcast was moved online.

Local journalists are crusading for a cause that may no longer be necessary in today's social media and internet world.

The tradition started years ago through police scanners but the rising cost of digital police scanners became too high for the casual listener to afford, so the broadcast was moved online.