Free Police Scanner Apps

As alleged killer Christopher Dorner faces off with police officers in Big Bear, California, journalists and readers around the world have turned to police scanner apps. Below, we’ve collected six different free police scanner apps.

For instance, 7,000 people are currently tuned into the San Bernardino County Sheriff System’s channel right now on the 5-0 Radio app listed below. Journalist Apps had some great intelligence on these iPhone apps:

These scanners are career savers for multimedia journalists trying to cover the scene alone.

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