On Tuesday last week, the familiar crackle of radio traffic and the chatter of Billings police officers and local dispatchers on scanners across the city went silent, and it's not coming back.

Listening to police and fire calls used to be a pretty simple proposition: buy a scanner, punch in some frequencies — or if you’re old enough, buy the right crystals — and you’re off to the races. It ...

NORTHBROOK, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Check Corp., the world's largest manufacturer of check scanners and related technology, announced two major new products that continue the legacy of its best ...

Fundraising goal Champion's Crusaiders Rescue hopes to raise $8,000 to supply local police with 28 animal microchip scanners and two leather slip leads per police vehicle. The digital scanners will be ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Did a recent switch from old-school analog to encrypted digital police radio channels make them harder to understand? The problem was highlighted during a shooting that wounded a ...

For 48 hours, conventional police and fire scanners will be unable to hear radio traffic in Cape Girardeau. The silence started at 8 a.m. Tuesday and comes as the result of a temporary transition to ...

Listening to Boston police radio transmissions over old-school scanner equipment will soon yield nothing but dead air. The Boston Police Department said Wednesday that it will convert its analog radio ...