You know there's an iPhone app for just about everything when you stumble upon a piece of software you don't completely understand. An app that got me scratching my head was Scanner 911, a live police ...

When was the last time you saw a trucker pulled over for speeding? The question never occurred to me until the summer of 2003, as I was preparing for the Gumball Rally, one of the spiritual ...

Stephen Wolf recalled scanning for fire and police radio frequencies as a kid in New York City, using a rotary tuner on a 7-inch black-and-white television. Charles Benn began listening to shortwave ...

Matthew A. Hale, 29, was arrested last week in Muncie, Ind., after he allegedly fled the scene of a failed stickup at a pharmacy. Police accused Hale of being the getaway driver for an accomplice who ...

We all need information in an instant, and there’s no better device than a police scanner to help you achieve this. There are a variety of police scanners available out there. When you combine the ...

You don’t have to be an investigative journalist or a private eye in an old noir film to use a police scanner, nor do you need to splurge on a stand-alone device just to get the inside scoop. The ...

Let’s say its 3 a.m. and you’re awoken by the sound of screeching tires and lights flickering through your window. A few emergency service vehicles just pulled up at the end of your street and you’re ...

CODE TALKER: The Sheriff’s Department has replaced its radios with new Motorola units like the APX 4500, above, now in all their vehicles. The shift has allowed the agency to to encrypt its internal ...