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Police Scanner
Police scanning is about the lawful monitoring of public safety or other legally monitored radio broadcasts. While focused on public safety, scanning may cover rail, air, or marine radio traffic as well as FRS/GMRS, business, or amateur radio frequencies. All topics relating to the hobby are welcome here, from discussing frequencies, scanners, receivers, posting breaking live event feeds, sharing news and info, and everything in between.
9.5k subscribers16 posts / mo in Sep 202613 authors / mosince 2013
r/policescanner has 9.5k members (+18% over the last 12 months). It gets about 16 posts a month from 13 people. Top topics: Police and Officers, Baofeng Radios and Radio Comms.
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- Police and Officers1.4%
- Baofeng Radios1.3%
- Radio Comms1.3%
- CB Radios & Antennas0.8%
- Ham Radio0.5%
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