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Police scanners are a foundational tool in local newsrooms. Here's how journalists and reporters use live scanner audio to track breaking stories before anyone else.

Listen to NYPD, FDNY, and NYC EMS scanner feeds live from your phone. Direct links to popular New York City police, fire, and dispatch feeds, plus tips for new listeners.

Major incidents play out on police scanners hours before they reach traditional news. Here's why, and how to listen in from your phone.

Want to listen to LAPD, LA County Sheriff, or LAFD live? Here's how to tune into Los Angeles police, fire, and EMS scanner feeds from your phone.

Want to listen to Chicago police scanners? Here's how to tune into live Chicago police, fire, and EMS radio feeds from your phone, no equipment needed.

If you've ever listened to a police scanner and heard "10-4" or "10-20," you've heard police 10-codes in action. Here's what they mean, and why they're slowly disappearing.

A hurricane is closing in. A wildfire is spreading toward your town. In those moments, the information you have, and how quickly you get it, matters.

A police scanner lets you listen to live radio communications from police, fire, and EMS as they respond to incidents in real time.