Public safety

County scanner

Police, fire and EMS dispatch for Shiawassee County — live in your browser. No scanner hardware needed.

County incident board

Quiet right now — incidents from county police and fire dispatch appear here as they happen.

Sourced from public dispatch radio. Everything here is preliminary — it reflects what crews were sent to, not confirmed outcomes. No names, no exact addresses, no medical calls, ever. See something happening? Message The Shiawassee Current on Facebook, or email [email protected].

🚓 Police dispatch
Sheriff, Owosso PD & county law — live ▶ LISTEN 🚒 Fire & ambulance
County fire & EMS dispatch — live ▶ LISTEN

HOW IT WORKS: tap a button, then press the play ▶ arrow on the page that opens. Audio comes from our partner Broadcastify — free, no account needed. Quiet is normal: dispatch talks only when something is happening. Our own built-in player is coming soon.

What you're hearing

Shiawassee County police, fire and ambulance dispatch operates on Michigan's public safety radio system. The dispatch traffic is unencrypted public audio — the same thing county residents have listened to on scanner radios for decades, now in your browser.

When something big is happening — a crash on M-21, a structure fire, severe weather — this page plus the Police & Fire section is the fastest picture of it anywhere in the county.