Yeah. A real shame.
@Motorod Scanners today can usually only tell you when there's a lot of activity on a frequency, not what it is. Almost all police services use encrypted radio now. Also, scanners cannot broadcast, though there are radios which can, which also have a scanning mode. Broadcasting without a licence, or on those particular frequencies (especially deliberate jamming noise) is a federal crime.
These should be known to anyone considering those particular points above.
