Eighteen people were shot, four fatally, in a mass shooting near a restaurant in River North Wednesday night, Chicago police said.The shooting took place at about 11:02 p.m. in the 300-block of West ...

A police radio on the vest of a Chicago police officer during an incident where a person was barricaded inside a home, Aug. 22, 2022, in the Englewood neighborhood.

Chicago officials are moving to block members of the public and the media from being able to monitor some police radio traffic in real time. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co. North Suburbs ...

Some say encrypted digital channels may garble police radio calls 02:56. CHICAGO ... in Chicago that has also raised issues with the city blocking media access to the live radio calls.

Critics: encryption of police scanners in Chicago puts public safety at risk 03:16. CHICAGO (CBS) -- Police scanners are being silenced in Chicago – and while officers say it is for their safety ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Mayor Lori Lightfoot is defending the city's decision to start the process of encrypting police radio transmissions, a move that will block the public from listening to those ...

Chicago police districts are split into several radio zones, and the first to become encrypted was Zone 9, which covers the Calumet and Morgan Park police districts, on May 12.

A police officer with the University of Illinois at Chicago was monitoring the Chicago Police radio and transported the injured officer in his squad car, “likely saving his life,” the ...

An unauthorized audio transmission over Chicago police radio frequencies Wednesday night seems to be a partial rebroadcast of an Adolf Hitler speech from a 1935 Nazi propaganda film, an expert ...