Ever wonder where those police vehicles are going when sirens blare past your house? GeekWire’s app of the week, 5-0 Radio Police Scanner, may be able to help you figure it out. (Image courtesy iTunes ...

Seeing the red lights flashing behind you while driving on the highway can immediately make your heart sink, so it's no surprise that a lot of drivers are using police scanners to detect nearby police ...

We start off the New Year and a fresh decade with a batch of Apple deals. The Apple Store has a refurbished 120GB iPod Classic for $189. If scanning the dial for some interesting police calls is your ...

American cities are encrypting their emergency radio communications over concerns about safety and privacy. By Ernesto Londoño Ernesto Londoño reported from Indianapolis, where he spent hours ...

More than a dozen law enforcement agencies — from Overland Park to Prairie Village — will be encrypting their primary channels so listeners can't hear what police and dispatchers are saying over the ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Minneapolis will cease public broadcasts of its police radio communications starting in May and shift to online dashboards for the public to track emergency incident responses. In a news ...

Anyone who owns a police scanner in Owensboro-Daviess County may have noticed it has gone silent. For the general public — and for news outlets that previously heard daily city police department ...

The Springfield Police Department has joined the increasing number of law enforcement entities adopting encryption to police radio transmissions, limiting the ability of the public to hear police ...