# Police Scanner Live

> Live Police Scanner Radio

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.devlaststudio.nwpolicescanner](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.devlaststudio.nwpolicescanner)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.devlaststudio.nwpolicescanner`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Dev Last Studio
- **Category:** ENTERTAINMENT
- **Downloads:** 666,412
- **Rating:** 3.69 / 5 (1,990 ratings)
- **Version:** 5.0.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-17
- **First published:** 2020-01-29
- **Publisher country:** TR
- **Size:** 25 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-08
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.devlaststudio.nwpolicescanner)
- **Website:** [http://www.policescannerradio.net](http://www.policescannerradio.net/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.policescannerradio.net/](http://www.policescannerradio.net/)

## Description

Police Scanner Live lets you tune into live Police, Fire, and Rescue radio scanners from around the world. With access to over 8,000 radio feeds, you can monitor emergency and public safety activity from countries such as the USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, and more. The app features a simple and intuitive interface, allowing you to search channels by country, state, and county, save your favorites, and explore top feeds.

Stay informed about local and international emergency situations, disasters, and rescue operations with ease. Whether you are a hobbyist, professional, or simply curious, Police Scanner Live provides real-time access to public safety radio channels, keeping you prepared and connected.

## Rankings

- #85,563 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS`
- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `com.devlaststudio.nwpolicescanner.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION`
- `com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID`

## Review summary

Pros: Easy-to-use interface, quick discovery and favorites, broad global coverage, and smooth real-time audio. Cons: Reliability issues (streams not loading/no data) and heavy ads, with occasional inconsistent performance across updates. Overall, a powerful global public-safety scanner when it works, but performance can be unpredictable and ads can be intrusive.

### Pros

- Intuitive, easy-to-use interface for discovering and saving favorite channels.
- Massive global coverage with thousands of live police, fire, and rescue channels organized by country/state/county.
- Real-time audio streams that work smoothly on both Wi-Fi and mobile data, offering entertaining and informative listening.
- Ability to save favorites and switch between global feeds for varied listening sessions.

### Cons

- Reliability issues: some streams fail to load or show 'no data', making it inconsistent.
- Overbearing advertising: frequent full-screen ads disrupt usage.
- Inconsistent performance across updates/devices, with reports of not working properly at times.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.devlaststudio.nwpolicescanner)