Ever wonder where those police vehicles are going when sirens blare past your house? GeekWire’s app of the week, 5-0 Radio Police Scanner, may be able to help you figure it out. (Image courtesy iTunes ...

We start off the New Year and a fresh decade with a batch of Apple deals. The Apple Store has a refurbished 120GB iPod Classic for $189. If scanning the dial for some interesting police calls is your ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Two men convicted in a Food Lion burglary earlier this year have been sentenced. Delton Clemmons and Zachery Bessey were sentenced days apart in connection with the ...

Standing up for your rights is dangerous, and now that cities around the U.S. are implementing early curfews with violent enforcement, it’s useful to arm yourself with as much knowledge as you can. At ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Officials say two men used a police scanner app while attempting to burglarize a Food Lion in Virginia Beach overnight. According to police, officers were sent to the Food ...

Seeing the red lights flashing behind you while driving on the highway can immediately make your heart sink, so it's no surprise that a lot of drivers are using police scanners to detect nearby police ...

Virginia Beach police arrested two men Tuesday morning on the roof of a Food Lion grocery store, where officials said they were were attempting to cut a hole to gain access to the store’s cash office.

The NYPD has begun encrypting scanner radios that the press and the public have used to monitor basic police communications for more than 90 years. While the desire to put such communications on an ...

On Thursday, police flipped the switch, encrypting more than 2,000 radios in the city. The switch happened around 1 p.m. and police officers could be heard directing their colleagues to switch over to ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislation has been introduced in the Illinois legislature that would require law enforcement agencies that encrypt police scanner radio transmissions to give real time ...

An emergency dispatcher can be heard saying "there's a male screaming 'help,' saying 'someone stabbed me,'" according to audio obtained by NBC.