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 ...

The current version of the scanners used by those in St. Mary’s County who listen to emergency radio frequencies either recreationally or because they are emergency responders will be made obsolete in ...

Public safety agencies in Austin — police, fire and EMS — will soon go radio silent to the public after they switch to an encrypted radio system. This means that the current publicly available scanner ...

At 6:55 p.m., Germantown fire crews and medics responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of State Route 4 and Carlisle Pike. It is not immediately known how severe any injuries are.

We picked up a new tool for the newsroom last week. When I arrived at the Journal Scene in December, I noticed how quiet the office seemed. It took me a day or two before I realized that there was no ...