There’s even international coverage where available, so the scanner app can detect your location and determine relevant feeds you’ll want to follow. The term “Police Scanner” can sometimes be a misnomer.

), RETRANSMITTING, and or otherwise hindering the police operations is NOT legal. There are still some parts of the phone network that sometimes get converted to analog and transmitted, so a nosy neighbor with a police scanner can still pick up parts of calls occasionally.

Most police scanner apps actually pick up a wide spectrum of police, fire, commercial and ham radio feeds. A police scanner app lets you listen to live broadcasts from law enforcement and fire department feeds. (IF you go to the trouble and expense to "break" the encryption them you can hear those also.) Unlike a traditional police scanner that requires a radio in close proximity, police scanners that access the internet are available for anyone with the right app or website link. But there’s no specific way for a nosy neighbor with a scanner to target you precisely. Find the department feed you want at broadcastify.com or on a smartphone app like 5-0 Radio Police Scanner. Emergency Radio is no different. Though Coleman himself owns a $600 scanner, he mostly tunes in online. Listening is legal, but USING for gain, (such as to write an article for publication, etc. With the RIGHT equipment you can listen to anything that is NOT encrypted. Users can listen to feeds in the background, including police/EMS/fire and military codes, as well as both aircraft and train feeds.