Alabama police scanner feeds

140 live feeds across 48 counties

A free Alabama police scanner: live police, fire, and EMS radio streaming from Alabama, with no radio hardware and no account. Counties with several feeds have their own page listing every channel; the rest are shown here with their feed count. All of it plays free in the Police Scanner app.

Busiest feeds in Alabama

All areas in Alabama

How coverage is spread across Alabama

Alabama's 140 feeds are spread over 48 counties: 20 have a single feed, 17 have two to four, and 11 have five or more. The 5 largest listings — Lee (10), Butler (8), Colbert (8), Jefferson (8) and DeKalb (7) — carry 29% of everything streaming from the state.

Of the 11 counties with their own page, 7 carry a police or sheriff channel, 11 carry fire and 3 carry EMS; there are also aviation in 1, railroad in 3, weather in 4 and amateur radio in 5.

Butler, Conecuh, Mobile and Montgomery have fire or EMS feeds but no law-enforcement channel listed. That pattern usually means the local police or sheriff has encrypted its radio, so fire and medical dispatch is what remains open to listen to there.

Feeds are filed by county, not by town. If your town is not in the tables above, look for the county it sits in — city police and fire channels are listed under it. The guide to finding your local feed covers the rest.

Nearby states

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Listening to an AL Scanner Online

Finding an al scanner feed allows residents to follow public safety broadcasts across the state as incidents develop. Audio streams broadcast communications between emergency dispatchers and field units responding to routine calls, traffic hazards, and urgent calls for service.

Dispatch traffic includes both law enforcement operations and local emergency services. Many dispatch centres in Alabama handle combined police, fire, and medical routing, making a 911 call scanner a practical way to monitor multiple emergency agencies operating on shared regional repeaters.

Alabama Radio Systems and APCO Ten-Codes

When monitoring a live police scanner , listeners frequently encounter standardized radio shorthand. Many departments rely on variations of the APCO Ten Signals alongside plain-language dispatches to convey operational updates quickly.

Common APCO signals heard on dispatch frequencies include:

Code definitions can vary depending on local agency standards, and certain codes carry different meanings across jurisdictions. Some departments now favor plain speech to avoid misinterpretation during joint operations.

• 10-4 : Acknowledged
• 10-20 : Location
• 10-33 : Emergency, clear the channel
• 10-50 : Traffic accident
• 10-97 : Arrived on scene

Alabama scanner questions

Can I listen to police radio online in Alabama?

Yes, anyone can monitor unencrypted public safety feeds through a web browser or mobile app. Scanner listening is lawful across the United States for non-commercial informational use, provided transmissions are not encrypted.

Why are some Alabama 911 scanner feeds silent?

Silence occurs during quiet periods when no active transmissions take place. If a specific law enforcement channel never broadcasts, the agency may have transitioned to encrypted digital talkgroups that cannot be streamed publicly.

What does 10-33 mean on a live police scanner?

Under standard APCO guidelines, 10-33 indicates an urgent emergency requiring all units to hold non-essential communications so the channel remains open for critical traffic.

Before you listen

Scanner listening is legal across the United States, with narrow exceptions — the rules by state. If your local police channel is missing, it has most likely been encrypted; fire and EMS usually remain open in the same area.