Keep an Ear on Crime With Scanner 911 for iPhone

October 26th, 2009 admin
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You know there’s an iPhone app for just about everything when you stumble upon a piece of software you don’t completely understand. An app that got me scratching my head was Scanner 911, a live police radio scanner. Yes, an app that listens to police officers responding to crime calls (including the really boring, trivial calls, too), and dispatchers phoning in fender benders, shootings, bar fights and so on. Scanner 911 features an aggregated list of police radio stations, organized by state and city. For when the crime gets really juicy, there’s an option to record the audio, which you can then play back within the app. Also, a “Near Me” button displays local stations so you can stay plugged in to what’s going on in your…


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