Well, sort of. Humorless German police are all hot and bothered these days just because the latest German-issue Mickey Mouse comic book came equipped with a Chinese kiddie radio the kids can use to listen to real live grownup German police calls with.
Unfortunately for the cops trying to straighten this touchy matter up, every time a patrol car gets called in to arrest one of these no good American comic book reading punks, they always somehow manage to disappear before the grumps can arrive.
“Wir prüfen, ob ein Verstoß gegen das Fernmeldegesetz vorliegt.”
Observing Hermann 
In America the airwaves belong to the public. Not so in Germany. Scanners and the like have always been verboten here. The idea that listening in to police radio might increase interest and civic responsibility has never been thought of in German.
If they don’t want people to hear something, shouldn’t they scramble the transmission?