If it is a police/'sound of municipal' band scanner, then unless your musicnicipalities are about 1+ decades behind the times in hardware it is going to receive bumpkiss (except maybe weather radio)....Most gubament en-tities decided it would be swell to digitize'n'encrypt their walkie talkeis/car radios so us great unwalshed can't follow what they are upta anymore.
If your locality is current with their tech, don't worry it will still make a damn good door stop/anchor/shootin' target.