All Police Should Be Required By Law To Wear Personal Recorders

[Pat-inCO]

Hey, great idea. Yup. Unhuh.

Let's see, to have each officer with one of these devices it would cost (conservative estimate) $250 each (to those of you that think "I've seen ones for far less." - you forget that these will need to be of verify-able quality/endurance). After the $250 per officer, you will need replacement memory cards - NO, YOU DO NOT GET TO REUSE THE MEMORY CARDS. For evidence to be usable in court, it must be on - "new" media (been there, done that).

With all those cards being brought in each shift you will need a person to handle cataloging, storage and retrieval. For that information to be usable in court, it MUST have been maintained in secured storage, under direct police control.

The person in the storage area (actually it will need to be at least two people, per shift, since there are such things as bio-breaks and vacations) will need a full log of what transpired on the officers shift so that information can be found quickly.

etc. etc. etc. - A solution looking for a problem to fix. :banghead:

 

[buzz_knox]

After the $250 per officer, you will need replacement memory cards - NO, YOU DO NOT GET TO REUSE THE MEMORY CARDS. For evidence to be usable in court, it must be on - "new" media (been there, done that).

Are the storage systems for dash board cams single use?

 

[riverdog]

There is/should be no expectation of privacy when talking to a LEO.

 

[usmarine0352_2005]

No.

It's a slippery slope. With audio, a guy could be taking a swing with a knife at an officer and the officer shoots him. You might not hear anything on the audio. Then the lawyer would go, "Well, obviously the officer shot him for no reason, because you can't hear anything wrong."

Secondly, with the advent of the camera too, jurors always go, "Why isn't there any video?"

And that leads to doubt. This culture is of the idea that, "I'll believe it when I see it."

And they expect video every time there is an incident.

 

[SoCalShooter]

I think it is a great idea and if I were a peace officer I would probably want or get one and use it but I would want to know how much more about the units in question and probably would need a survey and some real data to figure out how necessary it really is.

 

[damien]

I wonder if anyone is going to tell us that dashboard cam tapes are never reused.

"A solution looking for a problem to fix"

Today's, just today's problems:

Cops Beat The Living Hell Out Of Peaceful Tibetan Protesters IN AMERICA http://www.infowars.net/articles/march2008/250308Protesters.htm



Police officer charged with child sex offences http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/03/26/2199654.htm?site=perth



Trial for man beaten by Austin police set to begin http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23752205/



Lebanon ex-officer charged with theft http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080325/NEWS01/803250350



D.C. Gun Crackdown Meets Community Resistance http://www.nbc4.com/news/15688264/detail.html

 

[pbearperry]

Cops recording everything they say to people and visa versa hahahahahah,get a life people.Get real,get meds.

 

[Wetawd]

Well I like the idea of protecting cops, but it sounds like the beginning of a slippery slope to me... how long would it be after this until they install microchips in everyone?

 

[XD_fan]

After seeing what passes for diligence and good work ethics I see no problems with our public employees having to be recorded in the course of their work day. They already have no expectation of privacy in their official communications, documents and public behavior, why not go the next step and put their actions on record.

Sure the initial setup would be a bit difficult but it wouldn't be hard at all to build a system that would be reliable, lightweight, secure and effective. FEDEX and UPS are already basically doing this. The track deliveries and truck locations real time. Adding a camera and mike to their current handheld would be a no brainer. It just comes down to money and the desire to get it done.

Personally I have no beef with doing this. Who knows what kind of useful things we could get out of something like this. Cost savings, reduction of theft, who know?

 

[darkknight]

I know a lot of Peace officers who use tape recorders during every encounter with people as well as in their cars to protect themselves legally. So it already happens in some places

 

[XDKingslayer]

So we are against big brother, stop-light cameras, Englands surveillance fetish, unmanned drones over american cities, street-corner cameras, NSA wiretaps and all the other tech intrusions we may face in our lives...

Apples.

however, when a cops privacy, life or job is infringed upon or hindered...

Oranges.

its A-OK

Yes.

If this was an issue, there wouldn't be dash cams...

 

[Coronach]

I agree with the premise, but this is not gun related.