Police radio communications have been public ever since the Detroit Police Department began broadcasting one-way transmissions to mobile officers on station KOP in the 1920s. In fact, in those early ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The Metro Nashville Police Department plans to roll out a system that would encrypt their radio channels from reaching the public. Anyone who listens to radio traffic through ...

Kathy Hochul has vetoed a bill that would have preserved access to police radio transmissions for media organizations and ...

Having the public listen in to police radios allows the press, citizens and watchdogs to keep track of what was happening and where and we applaud the “Keep Police Radio Public Act,” passed by the ...

Many Colorado communities are less informed about local law enforcement — the component of government that often warrants the most scrutiny — because a parade of police agencies in the last couple of ...

Update: On June 21, 2021, Colorado’s state legislature passed a bill requiring police agencies that fully encrypt radio communications to enact media access policies in consultation with the media.

(Updated at 10:35 a.m.) A public-records request sheds light on how the Arlington County Police Department justified a change to what the public can hear via police radio channels. The Freedom of ...

The U.S. Park Police for years did not record radio communications on audio channels it used to operate and coordinate between officers, a violation of federal and department policies, an independent ...

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Police Department is among the latest law enforcement agencies in California to transition to encrypted police radio communications, thus preventing media outlets from ...