MN
Minnesota Scanner Frequency Guides
Select your county to see what you can monitor, which agencies are encrypted, and the best scanner equipment for your area.
Owning and using a scanner in Minnesota is legal. Vehicle-mounted police receivers restricted to ham licensees and BCA permit holders; crime-use separately prohibited. Read the full Minnesota scanner law guide →
7 of the 65 agencies we track in Minnesota (11%) 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.
65 Total Agencies
7 Fully Encrypted
2 County Guides