Kentucky Scanner Frequency Guides

Owning and using a scanner in Kentucky is legal. Mobile police-frequency radios prohibited without an exception (ham license, written authorization); home receive-only use permitted. Read the full Kentucky scanner law guide →

26 of the 59 agencies we track in Kentucky (44%) have moved to full encryption, meaning dispatch traffic from those departments no longer reaches a scanner at all. The county guides below break down where that access still exists and where it doesn't.