Can I still listen to police scanners in California?

No. Police radio is encrypted, based on 4 checked counties and 2 confirmed cities. Other places in California may differ, so check your county or city below.

Counties we've checked

Cities we've confirmed

Other cities in California

Not yet confirmed by the agency. Each page shows what the FCC licenses say: whether local police and fire radio is analog or digital, and which scanner hears it.

Counties not checked yet

How the state answer works: we combine the answers of the counties we've checked and the cities we've confirmed. If they all agree, the state gets that answer; if they disagree, it shows “Partly”. With none checked, the map uses FCC license data the same way (analog, mixed or digital per county, lighter colour), labelled “based on FCC license data, not yet confirmed”. How we check