nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqsjykae4gw0ms8634h9v4elpc90csass0e8392jjsscaqepqy20rq20zwwz (nprofile…zwwz) nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqmaslrlaf7408uxlkwrmpe7nhham8efewhkfuppsv803tx0fc8x4qzzyxhd (nprofile…yxhd) in my country its always been technically illegal to listen to emergency service comms, but radio scanners were as available as in USA (they didn't even have mobile phone frequencies removed!) and practice was widespread before 2006 when the systems all went encrypted.
Journalists tended not to directly publish what they heard as it would get them in trouble, but many did use the radios to find out what was going on in the local area..