Soon, members of the public won't be able to listen to real-time radio chatter for six Des Moines metro cities when crews respond to emergencies.

Jun. 23—Local agencies say there are no plans to encrypt their radio traffic, although several agencies across the state are making the move. Funding in the millions of dollars for a new digital radio ...

Boulder’s police radios will no longer be available for curious minds and ears starting Tuesday. Up until now, anyone interested in what the Boulder Police Department was doing could go to a police ...

Encrypted communications are considered vital for many organizations, from military users to law enforcement officers. Meanwhile, the ability to listen in on those communications is of great value to ...

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 listening to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — In a press release sent out on Thursday, the St. Joseph Police Department announced it would ...

Local news reporters pleaded with police officials on Monday to reconsider a planned upgrade to the department’s radio system that would largely eliminate public access — a shift taken in the name of ...

(TNS) — Following a lengthy discussion of how to meet the new state mandate for the sheriff's department to use encrypted radios, the Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new ...

The NYPD’s plan to encrypt police radios, which prevents the media and those without the proper codes from tuning in, has begun with six precincts covering Brooklyn disappearing from traditional ...