Opponents of full encryption shared concerns that the public will lose an important tool for monitoring police activity and ...

The authority has been working for years to pull public access to officers’ communications, despite deep concerns by police accountability organizations and First Amendment advocates.

The City Council will consider reversing a policy banning encryption of police channels. Critics argue doing so would deprive the public of a tool to monitor crime and hold officers accountable.

The Berkeley City Council voted 8-1 this week to restrict public access to the police department's real-time dispatch radio traffic.

Boulder’s police radios will no longer be available for curious minds and ears starting no later than Tuesday.

After weeks of technical hiccups, nearly every law enforcement agency across the East Bay has now silenced their police radios. Before sunrise Wednesday, all but one Alameda County agency pulled ...

Berkeley has a proven track record as a champion for transparency. Will this City Council vote for government secrecy instead?

In recent days, local residents and advocates have begun to speak out about a push by Berkeley police to make all their radio ...

Starting Thursday, Minneapolis Police Department scanner traffic will be off limits to the public. This is no small move, particularly in the city where George Floyd was killed by former police ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — Public access to the scanner in St. Joseph will be removed as the city transitions to encrypted radio channels. According to Buchanan County Sheriff Bill Puett, the ...