I recently was looking into getting a police scanner and I was told
not to buy anything but one with digital capabilities since my county
has already switched over. If I bought an older model, I wouldnt hear
everything I wanted to. However, looking at radio shack (not sure
where else to look) the only ones I saw were $370 and $500. Plus, in
the store they said they only had the $500 one.

Is there no less expensive solution? What would happen if I were to
buy one of the older non-digital ones?