Texas police scanner feeds

685 live feeds across 225 counties

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

All areas in Texas

How coverage is spread across Texas

Texas's 685 feeds are spread over 225 counties: 84 have a single feed, 106 have two to four, and 35 have five or more. The 5 largest listings — Dallas (34), Denton (23), Harris (19), Collin (16) and Tarrant (15) — carry 16% of everything streaming from the state.

Of the 35 counties with their own page, 21 carry a police or sheriff channel, 34 carry fire and 19 carry EMS; there are also aviation in 6, railroad in 1, weather in 24 and amateur radio in 14.

Anderson, Bexar, Callahan, Cass, Eastland, Grayson, Jasper, Lamb, Lavaca, Liberty, Panola, Polk, Runnels and Tarrant 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

Arkansas · Louisiana · New Mexico · Oklahoma

Statewide radio systems and Texas DPS

TxWARN (Texas Wide Area Radio Network) and GATRRS (Greater Austin Travis County Regional Radio System) are large trunked radio systems that coordinate public safety communications across Texas regions. TxWARN supports agencies across the Houston and Gulf Coast areas, while GATRRS links regional responders across Travis and surrounding Central Texas counties. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) operates across regional highway patrol divisions and interagency mutual-aid channels.

Many Texas municipal law enforcement agencies maintain clear dispatch audio on these trunked systems, while specialized tactical operations and sensitive inquiries often use digital encryption. When an agency activates encryption on its talkgroup, that specific frequency cannot be monitored on a live police scanner, though routine fire, medical, and regional interoperability talkgroups generally remain open for public listening.

Listening to Texas dispatch channels

Accessing a police radio scanner in Texas allows residents to monitor local public safety communications across counties such as Harris, Dallas, Tarrant, and Travis. Public audio feeds capture open dispatch talkgroups for county sheriff offices, city police, rural volunteer fire departments, and emergency medical services.

Dispatchers and field units across Texas frequently rely on brevity codes alongside plain language to report incidents:

Because individual agencies may adapt these codes or transition to plain-language protocol, dispatch terms can vary across departments.

• 10-4 : Transmission acknowledged and understood.
• 10-20 : Current officer or incident location.
• 10-33 : Channel emergency; keep frequencies clear for priority traffic.
• 10-50 : Motor vehicle collision or traffic accident.
• 10-97 : Officer or emergency unit arrived on scene.

Texas scanner questions

Can I listen to Texas police scanners without an iPhone app?

Listening currently requires the Police Scanner app for iPhone. Feeds provide live public dispatch audio for participating fire, EMS, and law enforcement agencies across Texas counties.

Why are some Texas police radio channels silent?

Channels become silent when an agency switches to encrypted digital talkgroups or when local repeaters experience downtime. Tactical channels are often encrypted, while routine fire and EMS dispatches typically remain unencrypted.

What do 10-codes mean on Texas scanner feeds?

Ten-codes provide standardized brevity signals for common messages, such as 10-4 for acknowledgment or 10-20 for location. Meanings vary by jurisdiction, and many Texas departments use plain English instead.

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.