boston.com— Police who find themselves being recorded by bystanders with cell phones and other hand-held devices are beginning to arrest people. The charge? Illegal electronic surveillance.
Jan 12, 2010View in Crawl 4
FTA - “Had I recorded an officer saving someone’s life, I almost guarantee you that they wouldn’t have come up to me and say, ‘Hey, you just recorded me saving that person’s life. You’re under arrest.’ ’’This sums up the entire problem - the police only want to stop the recordings when they may be doing something wrong. The state should want to enable recordings ESPECIALLY when the police(as representatives of the state) may be doing something wrong. The solution is easy - have all police sign a contract agreeing to any & all video & audio recordings whilst they are performing their duties in public - no agreement by you to your public actions as a police officer being recorded, no job as a police officer 'protecting & serving' the public!
fairdinkummateJan 12, 2010
FTA - “Had I recorded an officer saving someone’s life, I almost guarantee you that they wouldn’t have come up to me and say, ‘Hey, you just recorded me saving that person’s life. You’re under arrest.’ ’’This sums up the entire problem - the police only want to stop the recordings when they may be doing something wrong. The state should want to enable recordings ESPECIALLY when the police(as representatives of the state) may be doing something wrong. The solution is easy - have all police sign a contract agreeing to any & all video & audio recordings whilst they are performing their duties in public - no agreement by you to your public actions as a police officer being recorded, no job as a police officer 'protecting & serving' the public!
zenandtheartJan 14, 2010
<a class="user" href="http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.berkeleycopwatch.org/</a>Everyone should know their rights when it comes to dealing with the police. Watching the police, monitoring them with audio and video recording devices in public spaces, is 100% legal.
alchemicJan 14, 2010
If law enforcement didn't support the drug war high crime areas would be come low crime areas
gink1Jan 14, 2010
Well they can't have you taking the evidence to court or publishing it on the internet can they?They are just facilitating their illegal activities.
falloozaJan 15, 2010
actually i, ya know what... whatever
burnttoshredsJan 25, 2010
Indeed.
buckrogers1965Feb 1, 2010
Your employees (i.e. police) have no expectation of privacy from their boss (i.e. you) while they are on the job.