OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department plans to silence its radios this week, cutting off public access to real-time information that has been available to the public for decades.

By early Wednesday morning, Oakland police radios - as well as most law enforcement agencies in Alameda and Contra Costa ...

For years, Ramsey County Sheriff Bob Fletcher advised his deputies to monitor the social media pages of devout police radio listeners for details on unfolding Minneapolis incidents in case a fleeing ...

The US Secret Service this week revealed that a probe into a surge of swatting calls against high-ranking officials led investigators to a vast and stunning network of ...

A dealer-turned-informant was motivated to help police bring down a high level Hells Angel out of anger after his nest egg of ...

Audio from jail phone calls reviewed in a Winnipeg court Wednesday revealed how a drug-dealer-turned-police-agent faced several setbacks in a years-long attempt by RCMP to bust key players in a ...

Last week Cumberland County commissioners approved a $221,250 to upgrade the access control system serving 12 county buildings.

For the next three weeks or so, area residents might see unmarked vehicles with antennas making short stops along the road ...

OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department’s plan to shield its officers’ conversations from the public hit an unexpected snag this week. The agency on Thursday said “unexpected technical issues” delayed ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — The Oakland Police Department will begin encrypting its radio communications on Wednesday, cutting off access to the public and media to protect community and officer safety.

DUBLIN — The cause of a recent technical glitch that kept dozens of law enforcement agencies across the East Bay from hiding their radio communications from the public remains a mystery, authorities ...