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nearly all cell carriers are digital now do the old 800mhz analog scanners wont work anymore. you might be able to find a 1.2 or 2.4ghz scanner and listen to your neighbors phone calls. many baby monitors are in the 27mhz and 49/50 mhz range and those are fun to listen to as well.

im not real sold on the bearcat mobile scanners, i have a bct7 hooked up to the same antenna as my radio shack 2043 and even when scanning the same frequency's it misses quite. the realistic catches everything and the bearcat goes right by them. i have noticed this with a bct350a&c models as well. the older mobile uniden scanners recieved very well but they had very limited memory settings and scanned very slowly.

if by chance you are going to be going to area's where scanners are frowned apon than a great alternitive would be a newer 2m radio. they cost a little more but work excellent. my favotite was my kenwood tm-271a. it had alphanumaric memorues instead of 146.940 it could say duluth rptr or 155.5950 it would say duluth pd. scanning speed was second only to hyper-scan and reception was second to non. unfortunately this limits you as unless you have a duel band rig (the 271a will go 136mhz to 173.995 if i remeber right) so you don't have the 220 or 440mhz frequency's. if those are something you wish to scan than it may not be right for you.

a scanner is ok for you to carry in all the stats you listed as long as its not being used for illegal purpouses (theft, avoidance of radar and commercial stops, etc) be warned active searching of police frequency's when being pulled over is generally considered a no-no by most law enforcement. if you get pulled over it best to shut it off of have it listening to a 2m frequency of some sort.

for example if you are caught speeding in Oklahoma with a scanner active you could be charged with a felony as the scanner is used during a crime. otherwise its legal to operate.