Fairfax County is following the lead of nearly a dozen other departments. Police say the issue centers on protecting the public-while still being transparent.

FOX54 verifies if it's legal to decode encrypted police radio scanner footage.

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Imagine you are picking up your child after soccer practice and, as luck would have it, you find yourself in a minor fender-bender. That day, someone who heard about your minor crash on the police ...

Police scanners are going silent thanks to a new rule requiring the communication system be encrypted. The mandate from the federal government means the frequently-used method by media to track down ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A mandate from the federal government means police scanners will be encrypted by October. That goal is police safety, according to ...

CHICAGO (WGN) – Attorney General Kwame Raoul has charged a Chicago police officer over allegations the officer accepted payments in exchange for the use of his department-issued encrypted radio. Raoul ...

The Illinois Attorney General's office has charged a Chicago police officer with bribery and misconduct. Officer Alain Dillon, 37, is accused of accepting multiple $500 payments in exchange for using ...

Residents and commuters are being told to avoid a stretch of Davie as police officers are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Tuesday afternoon, authorities say. Davie police have ...