11.   George said police scanners are fairly common in rural homes.

12.   Hamblin was a reserve deputy sheriff in Klickitat County, Wash., just across the Columbia River, and listened regularly to police scanners, Lennox said.

13.   He monitors police scanners, airport tower traffic, the voices of his directors at the station, and other TV and radio broadcasts.

14.   He kept an ear to the police scanner, updating his story when another road was closed, not thinking that his workplace was in danger.

15.   He used only ground telephones, avoiding cellular and cordless ones that can be monitored on police scanners.

16.   Hobbyists, reporters and even crooks listen in on police scanners.

17.   In the Pearland robbery, the fugitives reportedly took police scanners, walkie-talkies and other tools that might help them carry out a crime spree and avoid capture.

18.   Investigators said the robbers often wore disguises, including security badges, and carried a police scanner into at least one bank.

19.   Investigators found burglary tools, weapons, police scanners and a large amount of cash in his vehicle.

20.   It came through loud and clear on a police scanner.