Can I still listen to police scanners in Nebraska?
No. Police radio is encrypted, based on 1 checked county and 1 confirmed city. Other places in Nebraska may differ, so check your county or city below.
Counties we've checked
- Douglas County, NE Police encrypted
Cities we've confirmed
- Lincoln Police encrypted
Other cities in Nebraska
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.
- Ainsworth
- Alda
- Arapahoe
- Atkinson
- Axtell
- Bartley
- Bassett
- Beatrice
- Beaver City
- Beaver Crossing
- Beemer
- Benkelman
- Bennington
- Bertrand
- Big Springs
- Blair
- Blue Hill
- Brainard
- Broadwater
- Brock
- Brule
- Bruning
- Burwell
- Ceresco
- Chadron
- Chambers
- Champion
- Chappell
- Clatonia
- Cozad
- Creighton
- Crofton
- Curtis
- Dakota City
- Dannebrog
- David City
- Daykin
- De Witt
- Diller
- Dodge
- Dunning
- Elk Creek
- Elm Creek
- Ericson
- Fairbury
- Falls City
- Farnam
- Friend
- Funk
- Gandy
- Gering
- Gibbon
- Giltner
- Gothenburg
- Grand Island
- Gross
- Guide Rock
- Hartington
- Hastings
- Hay Springs
- Hayes Center
- Heartwell
- Hemingford
- Hendley
- Hickman
- Hildreth
- Holdrege
- Hoskins
- Howells
- Hubbell
- Humphrey
- Hyannis
- Juniata
- Kearney
- Kenesaw
- Kimball
- La Vista
- Leigh
- Lewellen
- Long Pine
- Loup City
- McCook
- McCool Junction
- Merriman
- Milligan
- Minatare
- Morrill
- Mullen
- Naper
- Naponee
- Nebraska City
- Neligh
- Newman Grove
- North Loup
- North Platte
- O'Neill
- Ogallala
- Omaha
- Orchard
- Ord
- Papillion
- Pawnee City
- Pender
- Pierce
- Pilger
- Platte Center
- Plattsmouth
- Ponca
- Potter
- Primrose
- Raeville
- Ralston
- Red Cloud
- Republican City
- Rising City
- Rosalie
- Rulo
- Ruskin
- Sargent
- Schuyler
- Scottsbluff
- Scribner
- Seward
- Shickley
- Shubert
- South Sioux City
- Spalding
- Springview
- St. Edward
- Stromsburg
- Sutherland
- Sutton
- Table Rock
- Talmage
- Tekamah
- Terrytown
- Thedford
- Tilden
- Trumbull
- Valentine
- Verdigre
- Verdon
- Wahoo
- Walthill
- Wauneta
- Weeping Water
- Wellfleet
- Wilber
- Wilcox
- Willow Island
- Winside
- Wisner
- Wymore
- Yutan
Counties not checked yet
- Adams County
- Antelope County
- Arthur County
- Banner County
- Blaine County
- Boone County
- Box Butte County
- Boyd County
- Brown County
- Buffalo County
- Burt County
- Butler County
- Cass County
- Cedar County
- Chase County
- Cherry County
- Cheyenne County
- Clay County
- Colfax County
- Cuming County
- Custer County
- Dakota County
- Dawes County
- Dawson County
- Deuel County
- Dixon County
- Dodge County
- Dundy County
- Fillmore County
- Franklin County
- Frontier County
- Furnas County
- Gage County
- Garden County
- Garfield County
- Gosper County
- Grant County
- Greeley County
- Hall County
- Hamilton County
- Harlan County
- Hayes County
- Hitchcock County
- Holt County
- Hooker County
- Howard County
- Jefferson County
- Johnson County
- Kearney County
- Keith County
- Keya Paha County
- Kimball County
- Knox County
- Lancaster County
- Lincoln County
- Logan County
- Loup County
- Madison County
- McPherson County
- Merrick County
- Morrill County
- Nance County
- Nemaha County
- Nuckolls County
- Otoe County
- Pawnee County
- Perkins County
- Phelps County
- Pierce County
- Platte County
- Polk County
- Red Willow County
- Richardson County
- Rock County
- Saline County
- Sarpy County
- Saunders County
- Scotts Bluff County
- Seward County
- Sheridan County
- Sherman County
- Sioux County
- Stanton County
- Thayer County
- Thomas County
- Thurston County
- Valley County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wheeler County
- York County
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