Local news reporters pleaded with police officials on Monday to reconsider a planned upgrade to the department’s radio system that would largely eliminate public access — a shift taken in the name of ...

(TNS) — Following a lengthy discussion of how to meet the new state mandate for the sheriff's department to use encrypted radios, the Osceola County Board of Commissioners approved the purchase of new ...

The 104th Precinct Civilian Observation Patrol (G-COP) held its monthly general membership meeting on Jan. 8 and announced ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - The Cedar Rapids Fire Department has now joined law enforcement in Linn County and other parts of Iowa in blocking out the public from listening to its emergency radio ...

HAMILTON COUNTY, Ind. — News is a perishable commodity. If information is slow, it can quickly become outdated or even wrong. Given that, central Indiana residents should prepare themselves for slower ...

Law enforcement communications will be encrypted, keeping to-the-second updates about police whereabouts and breaking news situations private and off of public police scanners in a move law ...