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.

There was a time when it was easy to eavesdrop on police and other service radio networks. Police scanners fans can hear live police, fire, and ambulance calls. However, it isn’t as easy as it ...

Encrypting makes the radio traffic understandable only by specially equipped police radios. For everyone else, the police frequencies are now silent. Other police departments in the area are now ...

Calgary has been the only major Canadian city where police allowed news outlets to keep an ear on officer activity on the ...