Police Scanner

Live Police Scanner app

Best Police Scanner App · police.scanner.radio.broadcastify.citizen

Not rated yet 10M+ downloads v1.25.15-240709093 20.1 MB Android 5.0+ PEGI 3 · Everyone

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At a glance

Latest version: v1.25.15-240709093 (240709093)
Updated: Dec 8, 2025 (10 months ago)
APK size: 20.1 MB
Requires: Android 5.0+ (API 21)
CPU support: ARM 32-bit, ARM 64-bit
Category: News & Magazines (app)
Listed since: Jan 12, 2020
Permissions: 19 (4 sensitive)
Website: policescanner.us
Developer contact: [email protected]
Privacy: Developer's privacy policy

About this APK

Police Scanner is an app by Best Police Scanner App in the News & Magazines category, listed since January 2020. It includes native code for ARM 32-bit and ARM 64-bit, so it runs on practically every phone.

It asks for 19 permissions, 4 of them sensitive, including precise location, approximate location and read phone status and identity. The app offers in-app purchases through Google Play and can read the advertising ID that ad and analytics services use.

What's new in v1.25.15-240709093

Hey there, loyal users! In this release, you will enjoy the optimized UI and improved performance. Your feedback makes Police Scanner better. Keep it coming! Please email us at [email protected]. We read it all. By the way, your reviews are very helpful for us. If you think Police Scanner is worthy, would you mind taking a moment to write a review? We'd greatly appreciate it. :)

Description

From the listing uploaded by “appupdater”.

Download Police Scanner and be the first to know about the public safety, breaking news, and crime waves near you. Police Scanner Radio is the best police scanner app of live police scanner, fire alarm, railroad radio, aircraft, emergency, news, and amateur radio. Discover the local live police scanner radio, fire alarm, railroad radio, air traffic control, emergency alert, and amateur radio station. Keep updated about the local news, emergency, and public safety affairs near you! Browse through thousands of scanner radio feeds from all over the world. Listen to top feeds including Chicago Police Zone 10 - Districts 10 and 11, Portland Police and Multnomah County Sheriff Dispatch, Cleveland Police Dispatch and Metro Housing Authority, Buchanan County Sheriff and EMS, St Joseph Police / Fire, Fresno City Police, Fire and EMS, Springfield Police and Fire, Greene County Sheriff and Fire. Filter scanners by location. Don't just list all local feeds in a state, switch location, and discover what is happening around citizens in other states. Receive Alert and know about the on-going local activity, breaking news, traffic, emergency happening right now. - Search feeds via keywords and find your favorite scanner feeds. - Mark your favorite feeds with one click and save them to your list. - See the popularity of each feed. Each feed lists the number of citizens who are listening to the same scanner feeds along with you. - In-app police, fire, and emergency codes alphabet. On-hand books for citizens to understand what situation the police are referring to without any training. - View the scanner map and find out the location of the feed. - Listen to the scanner radio before bedtime set a sleep timer to stop the station at a particular time - Real-time updated statistics for all feeds from broadcastify. Follow Us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Police_Scanner_ Privacy policy: https://www.policescanner.us/policy.html Terms of use: https://www.policescanner.us/termsofservice.html

Police Scanner among popular News & Magazines apps

Police Scanner and the News & Magazines apps ranked next to it by downloads
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SmartNews for docomo（旧マイマガジン）	–	10M+	–
NINA - Die Warn-App des BBK	–	10M+	23.7 MB
Police Scanner (this app)	–	10M+	20.1 MB
NDTV - Election News Updates	3.9 (10)	10M+	–
Báo Hay 24h - Tin tức, đọc báo kiếm tiền	3.7 (7)	10M+	–

Apps listed next to it in our News & Magazines ranking by downloads. Ratings and download counts come from the source store; ratings with fewer than five votes and sizes of outdated listings aren't shown.

Security & authenticity

Security rating: Trusted

Signing certificate

Signature matches the Google Play version Checked by the source store on Dec 8, 2025.
Certificate issued to “Guru” This is the certificate of the Google Play version.

Store checks and file details

Developer signature verified Dec 8, 2025
Validated against Google Play Dec 8, 2025
Signed byCN=Guru, O=Guru, ST=CA, C=01
Signing certificate (SHA-1)13:80:E9:E1:B3:F8:02:F4:2F:4B:B9:F6:B6:8C:2D:12:6E:33:7C:CC
File MD5c1b0e32d4bdbbc8bb8567eed5a1bd52a
Uploaded by “appupdater” Gold tier · 117,810 followers · uploading since 2020

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Permissions (19)

Police Scanner requests 19 permissions, 4 of them sensitive.

Approximate location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
Precise location Sensitive android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
Read media audio Sensitive android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
Read phone status and identity Sensitive android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE
Access adservices ad id android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID
Access adservices attribution android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION
Advertising ID com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID
Full network access android.permission.INTERNET
Google Play install referrer com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE
In-app purchases (Google Play Billing) com.android.vending.BILLING
Internal broadcast protection (app-defined) police.scanner.radio.broadcastify.citizen.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
Prevent the device from sleeping android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
Push messaging (app-defined) police.scanner.radio.broadcastify.citizen.permission.C2D_MESSAGE
Receive push notifications com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE
Reorder tasks android.permission.REORDER_TASKS
Run foreground services android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
Show notifications android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
View Wi-Fi connections android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
View network connections android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Required hardware & features

Basic touch input android.hardware.faketouch
Location android.hardware.location
Portrait screen android.hardware.screen.portrait
Wi-Fi android.hardware.wifi

Police Scanner APK: questions and answers

Can I install this APK over the version I already have?

Yes, if your installed copy is older. It is signed like the Google Play version, so Android installs it as an update and keeps your data.

Is Police Scanner free?

The APK is free to download, but the app offers in-app purchases through Google Play.

Is the Police Scanner APK safe?

No one can promise that a file is safe, but some things can be checked. The source store rates this file Trusted. Its signature matches the Google Play version. After downloading, check that the file's MD5 is c1b0e32d4bdbbc8bb8567eed5a1bd52a.