The rise of Internet streaming of police and fire radio undercuts the
notion that police and fire communications should remain "private" for
public safety or other reasons. Many police and fire departments
provide an official Internet stream of their radio communications.
Communications from other departments are available live online
through unofficial feeds and commercial services. It is unlikely,
therefore, that Section 705's prohibition on divulgence could survive
even a less rigorous standard of First Amendment scrutiny, as the
widespread availability of these communications, often sanctioned by
the public safety departments themselves, undermines any rational
basis for prohibiting dissemination of such information by
broadcasters who lawfully monitor scanner traffic.
from https://www.rtdna.org/use-of-information-from-police-scanners
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