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You can listen to Omaha scanners live on your phone, for free. Omaha police radio is split by area, so there's a feed for each side of town, plus city fire dispatch and feeds for Sarpy County and Council Bluffs. Here's which one to pick and how to start listening.
Not sure where to start? Fire dispatch covers the whole city, so it's a good first listen:
Omaha Fire Department Dispatch
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha police dispatch runs on a separate channel for each part of the city. Pick the one for your area:
If you're not sure which area you're in, start with the one closest to you and switch if it sounds like the calls are somewhere else. Hear a code you don't recognize? Our guide to police scanner codes explains the common ones.
Start with dispatch to hear where crews are headed. If a big fire comes in, listen for which channel they're told to use and switch over.
When something big happens around Omaha, like a building fire or a shooting, listeners tag the feed with what's going on. That tag shows up as a headline next to the audio in Scanner Radio, so you know what you're tuning into before you press play.
You can also get a push alert when the listener count on a feed suddenly jumps. That's often the first sign people heard something worth tuning in for.
Download the Scanner Radio app, search for "Omaha," and tap play on a feed. Omaha police radio is split into five feeds, one for each part of the city, so pick the one that covers where you live.
Yes. Sarpy County LAW-EAST carries police calls in eastern Sarpy County, including Bellevue, and Sarpy County FIRE-EAST carries fire and ambulance calls there.
Yes. Listening is legal in both states. It's illegal to use what you hear to commit a crime or get in the way of police or firefighters.
Yes. Council Bluffs Public Safety has police calls on the Iowa side of the river, and Council Bluffs Fire and EMS has fire and ambulance calls.
Yes. Scanner Radio is free to download on iOS and Android, and every Omaha feed is free to listen to.
Listening from somewhere else? Swipe through our other city guides.
