California police scanner feeds

646 live feeds across 59 counties

A free California police scanner: live police, fire, and EMS radio streaming from California, 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 California

All areas in California

How coverage is spread across California

California's 646 feeds are spread over 59 counties: 1 has a single feed, 10 have two to four, and 48 have five or more. The 5 largest listings — Los Angeles (89), Orange (39), Alameda (24), San Diego (23) and Riverside (20) — carry 30% of everything streaming from the state.

Of the 48 counties with their own page, 36 carry a police or sheriff channel, 47 carry fire and 22 carry EMS; there are also aviation in 9, railroad in 7, weather in 33 and amateur radio in 27.

Amador, Colusa, El Dorado, Imperial, Madera, Monterey, Nevada, Orange, San Bernardino, Santa Cruz and Trinity 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

Arizona · Nevada · Oregon

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.