I've been listening to the LAPD police scanner for the past hour. I need to bone up on my cop codes, but it sounds like a full out police riot. They just announced that LA is in a City Wide Tactical Alert until further notice. If I'm correct that's one level up from where they're at now.

LAPD declares a citywide tac alert every time it wants to hold officers over so they can't go end-of-watch. The idea is to keep potential manpower available, whether or not they are ever used. It's a low state of readiness, actually lower than where it sounds like they'd be from reports on this site.

They've been on citywide tac alert on and off for two days.

-Marconi Wireless

In Seattle, the police scanner was streamed live over the IMC website. Do we have the tech now to do the same now? Much needed.

All you need is a scanner and winamps shoutcast plugins.
and oh yeah a fast connection. There are legalities with rebroadcasting an RF signal. Try http://www.apbnews.com but this is only gonna be their main dispatch. It is possible to get helicopter and riot squad unit to unit if there was someone there with a decent setup.

http://www.apbnews.com has live police scanners from a number of US cities including LA.