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 Domestic Trouble, Violent near 1900 PORTER ST.
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Public source reports Domestic Assault near 700 SUNRISE FIVE WAY.
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Public source reports in Progress (Assault or Battery By Mob), INVESTIGATE near 1300 COALTER ST.
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A public active-call source still lists a traffic response near 3300 ELLWOOD AVE. First reported 12 min ago.
Use another route if possible and follow official road instructions.
Public source reports EMS First Responder Call (Fire Response Only), OVERDOSE - POISONING - INGESTION near 1500 NATIONAL ST.
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Public source reports OVERDOSE/POISONING, ALS Unconscious near 1500 NATIONAL ST.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm, General near 3300 ELLWOOD AVE.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm near 3321 ELLWOOD AVE, RICHMOND, VA.
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Public source reports Fire Incident at 2402 Rockway Lane near 2402 Brockway Lane, Richmond, VA 23223.
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Public source reports Fire Alarm Hazard near 5623 Lakeside Avenue, Lakeside, VA 23228.
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Public source reports Domestic Trouble, Investigate near 5400 NUTMEG CT.
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Lower urgency items that still matter for neighborhood awareness and traffic planning.
Public source reports 12:12 AM near NINE MILE RD / GORDON LN.
Public source reports 2:18 AM near 11200 Block W BROAD ST.
Public source reports 4:36 AM near 9000 Block CLOISTERS WEST.
Public source reports 4:23 AM near 2400 Block BROCKWAY LN.
Public source reports Tree Block in Roadway near 14450 Bull Church Road, Woodford, VA 22580.
Public source reports Medical Event near 3709 Croydon Road, Richmond, VA 23223.
Public source reports Medical Event at 3108 East Laverna Avenue near 3108 East Laburnum Avenue, Richmond, VA 232231221.
Public source reports Medical Event near 6900 Mimms Drive, Chesterfield Court House, VA 23832.
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Police say a woman shot two lawyers outside a Raleigh, NC courthouse after a civil hearing. She faces attempted murder charges.
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A juvenile is dead and a man has been charged after a hit-and-run incident on West Broad Street in Henrico Saturday morning.
One woman is dead and one man is facing several charges after a medical emergency response in Henrico County Friday evening.
The Richmond Police Department (RPD) has launched Operation Safe Summer (OSS) to reduce violent crime and improve public safety throughout Richmond.
Wounded Warrior Project cyclists passed through Richmond Saturday on a 1,000-mile ride from Jacksonville, Florida to Ground Zero in New York City.
A Henrico family is mourning the loss of 16-year-old Joshua Driver, killed in an alleged DUI hit-and-run on West Broad Street early Saturday morning.
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.