What is Reddit's opinion of Whistler WS1025 Analog Desktop Scanner (Black)?

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in addition to the apps people have mentioned you can get one of these

Not all local channels are available on the apps because of not all organizations being able to afford to put them online, but this will pick up pretty much all the public ones that are near you. Fire, police, school, even local companies with them. Just have to know which frequencies (you can look them all up online) or do an auto scan.