Also, you can keep the page minimized and still hear the scanner chattering away. Keep on top of what’s going on in your community with our online police and fire scanner.

I started to write about ways to glean info in a national disaster. I'll get to that in another story, because as I dug around, I discovered live scanner feeds. You know the kind--police, fire and ...

You'll find the online scanner at the top of the homepage in the blue bar as a sub-tab of the News section, called “Police and Fire Scanner.” It's powered by Rangecast.

"Scanner Radio -- Fire and Police Scanner" on Google Play, which is the same app as Police Scanner Radio & Fire in the App Store, was downloaded on Google Play 37,316 times on June 1 compared to ...

3) Police Scanner X. With an excellent rating of 4.5 stars, Police Scanner X is a highly promising, cutting-edge police and fire scanner for Android, one that could once even become the most ...

We look at a pair of apps that allow you to listen in on police, fire, and emergency radio streams from your iPhone or iPod touch. Scanner911 delivers the goods, while Police Scanner 2 disappoints.

Rival apps like Police Scanner Radio & Fire and Citizen also rose to be in the top-10 list on both Google Play and the Apple App store. They have since fallen but remain in the top 30.

In most newsrooms, a scanner that picks up on local police and fire communications provides a constant stream of background noise that often prompts reporters to leap into action when they hear ...

Stephen Wolf recalled scanning for fire and police radio frequencies as a kid in New York City, using a rotary tuner on a 7-inch black-and-white television. Charles Benn began listening to ...