Satellite city view for Richmond, Virginia, Henrico, Chesterfield, Hanover, and the RVA metro with live police, fire, EMS, traffic, camera, medevac or police helicopter, and detailed incident markers.
Active public incidents with the clearest urgency, multi-source confirmation, or public safety impact.
Public source reports Random Gunfire, Investigate near 400 E LADIES MILE RD.
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Public source reports Stabbing, Just Occurred / in Progress near 2900 CHAMBERLAYNE AVE.
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Public source reports Armed Person with, Investigate near 6600 MIDLOTHIAN TPKE.
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Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Violent - EMS near 3400 CAROLINA AVE.
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Public source reports Structure Fire near 6801 Philbrook Road, Meadowbrook, VA 23234.
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Public source reports Unconscious Medical Event near 1718 Lockwood Road, Tuckahoe, VA 23294.
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Public source reports Assault, Investigate near 7100 JAHNKE RD.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm near 107 W BROAD ST, RICHMOND, VA.
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Public source reports Fire Training at Station 20 near 8521 Willis Road, Henrico, Laurel, VA 23228.
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Lower urgency items that still matter for neighborhood awareness and traffic planning.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 10800 HULL STREET RD. First reported 0 min ago.
A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 2955 DUNDAS RD. First reported 0 min ago.
Public source reports Burglar Alarm, Investigate near 100 W BROAD ST.
Public source reports Prisoner Transport, Prisoner Transport near 4900 W BROAD ST.
Public source reports Burglar Alarm, Investigate near 1700 N 28TH ST.
Public source reports Domestic near 6300 STATUTE ST.
Public source reports Suspicious Situation near 300 GLENPARK LN.
Public source reports Runaway near 7400 CHELTENHAM DR.
Public source reports Animal Control PD On near 5100 IRON BRIDGE RD.
Public source reports Domestic near 7100 WINCHESTER FOREST DR.
Public source reports Arv 12:00 Am near 8000 Block COSTIN DR.
Public source reports Arv 12:00 Am near 500 Block E LABURNUM AVE.
Public source reports Arrived 10:56 Pm near 8300 Block HAWK NEST DR.
Public source reports Trnsprt 11:49 Pm near 5400 Block MONTBROOK CIR.
Public source reports Trnsprt 12:02 Am near 7300 Block DOREY PARK DR.
Public source reports Assigned 11:42 Pm near 2400 Block PEMBERTON RD.
Public source reports Arrived 12:02 Am near 9900 Block MAYLAND DR.
Public source reports Assigned 12:10 Am near 2800 Block FAIRFIELD AVE.
Public source reports Assigned 12:12 Am near 11000 Block HARVEST TRAIL LN.
Public source reports Hotspot-Curve, Officer Initated near 1300 CLAIBORNE ST.
Public source reports Person Down, Investigate near 00 E BROAD ST.
Public source reports EMS Call near 1800 WHITE MOUNTAIN DR.
Public source reports EMS Call near 2300 SWIFT BLUFF DR.
Public source reports EMS Call near 4100 LAUREL OAK RD.
Public source reports Medical Event near 831 East Ellerslie Avenue, Colonial Heights, VA 23834.
Public source reports Medical Event near 15070 Timsberry Circle, Chester, VA 23831.
Public source reports Medical Event near 100 North Washington Highway, Ashland, VA 23005.
Public source reports Medical Event at Beth Road near 4223 Beth Road, Dumbarton, VA 23228.
Public source reports EMS Call near 16900 ROUTE 1.
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Witnesses describe watching a gold SUV cross the I-95 median into oncoming traffic in Caroline County — and say a missing guardrail may have saved lives.
Two police officers and a police dog were injured during a shooting on Sunday afternoon in Chesterfield County.
A teenager is dead after a shooting Saturday night in Henrico County.
A vehicle fire on Interstate 95 has caused significant delays for those traveling north in Chesterfield County on Sunday evening.
A person and a firefighter were hospitalized due to a house fire in Prince George County on Sunday afternoon.
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Two people were shot in a park in Highland Springs in eastern Henrico County on Sunday afternoon, Crime Insider sources told Jon Burkett.
Signal RVA is a public Richmond metro live police, fire, traffic, and emergency incident map that turns active calls and public signal into clear public updates. It is built for residents who want fast context without raw private feeds or operator mechanics.
The best police scanner depends on the radio system in your city or county. For many metro areas, shoppers should research scanners that support the local trunked system, P25 digital voice, simulcast performance, and any fire or EMS channels they care about. Encrypted channels cannot be decoded by a consumer scanner, so check a radio database and local agency policy before buying hardware.
The public can often listen to lawfully available, unencrypted public-safety radio traffic or official/public feeds. Access varies by agency, state, feed host, and radio system. Signal RVA uses public summaries and official listen links or embeds only when they are allowed, and it does not publish private playback URLs, captured cookies, or restricted streams.
You can listen to some police, fire, EMS, rail, and aviation feeds on a phone through official agency pages, public feed directories, or scanner apps. Availability is uneven. Feeds may be delayed, offline, removed, or limited, and encrypted traffic will not be available through an app. Signal RVA is designed to provide Richmond context even when audio is unavailable.
In the United States, listening to lawfully available unencrypted radio is generally different from misusing a scanner, using it while committing a crime, intercepting restricted communications, or rebroadcasting restricted audio. State laws vary. In Virginia, for example, the law specifically addresses possession or use of a police-radio receiving device while committing certain crimes. This is not legal advice, check current law and local rules before relying on a scanner.
To find police activity near your neighborhood, start with official active-call pages, city or county police alerts, fire and EMS public incident pages, local news, traffic cameras, and agency social channels. In Richmond, Signal RVA combines public active-call context, map precision labels, source counts, nearby cameras, and update times so residents can see what is happening without needing raw scanner traffic.
Raw 911 call audio is usually not a live public search product. Some jurisdictions publish call-for-service summaries, incident logs, active calls, or public records, and some 911 audio may be available later through a lawful records request with redactions. Signal RVA focuses on public summaries and does not publish private tactical notes, personal details, or restricted audio.
Richmond's crime rate should be read from official annual or weekly crime-stat sources, not from a live incident map alone. The FBI Crime Data Explorer is useful for standardized annual comparisons, while Richmond Police publish local crime-stat and incident information for more current city context. Signal RVA shows live public-safety activity, which is not the same thing as an official crime-rate report.