Mobile Phone Hack(receive police transmissions)

Let me see if I've got this straight:

Fifteen years ago, Billy Tauzin was upset that you could listen to cellphones on a police scanner. They got rid of that, and the typical $100 Radio Shack can't listen to cellphones anymore. Now this guy comes along and tells me how I can use a cellphone to listen to police calls. Uh, isn't that, like, backwards, or something?

Furthermore, I haven't seen that video, but does it not show someone using a table knife to work on his cellphone? I mean, is that the ideal tool for working on surface-mounted devices, or what?

Hell, no. 100-watt chisel-point soldering iron, and welding gloves.