Police scanners are radios that monitor the police channels on the police radio. You can hear the officers being dispatched to calls and hear them talking back and forth. Be aware, however, that since 9/11 most big-city police radio channels are now encrypted and cannot be monitored.
Police scanners check for police radar beams so that a person knows whether or not they are being monitored. A computer scanners scans a physical document and makes it into a computer document.
One can find police scanners when one goes to a store called Scanner Master. This store carries police scanners made by Uniden and Bearcat. Price varies by brand and model.
The best place online to listen to online police scanners is onlinepolicescanners.org. Listening to the police scanner online should not damage your other scanners.
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Specialty hobby and electronics stores such as Radio Shack carry police scanners. Additionally one can buy police scanners online from ScannerMaster and Walmart. There are a number of apps for smartphones that also act as police scanners and many local jurisdictions are now broadcasting their emergency channels over the internet as well.
Modern police scanners are accurate to with about 3 mph.
Most scanners built currently will tune in most walkietalkies.
400 series codes ie 402.405.419.
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Digital police scanners have been in existence for a while now as the units began to be ready for purchase around late 2002. These scanners are now sold by a number of manufacturers as a number of companies and agencies have or have plans to utilize digital communications. Orange County in California now uses digital encrypted communications for many of its emergency response agencies such as fire and police.
There are 3 types of scanners currently being sold on the market. These scanners are photo scanners, paper fed scanners, and hand held scanners.