These guys are right. A scanner will be of no real benefit. First, a cop running radar is usually not talking on the radio. Second, even if he was talking on the radio, he doesn't repeatedly call out his location, so you wouldn't be able to to determine where he was anyway. Third, in a metropolitan area, you could have a number of different jurisdictions working the same area, but on different channels. Fourth, there can be a great number of Officers working off of one frequency, and using 10 codes and signals to communicate. How would you interpret that? Fifth, there's a good chance that running a scanner in your car is illegal. And sixth, if you hear Officers talking about a Porsche Boxster...it's too late.
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