[PeterFinn]

The police seriously over stepped on this one.

[rednesss]

I want that jack booted thug fired.

[wideawake]

If you can photograph people and film people in public without their consent, why can't you tape them as well?

This case doesn't make much sense.

[maine-iac7]

the law forbids recording without consent?

Does that mean that the use of video cameras routinely used in squad cars are breaking the law? Or do they first ask the suspected perp permission - (TIC)

[Tallguy]

Any time you get pulled over these days you’re basically on candid camera. Squad cars are all video equipped both for evidence gathering & the officer/trooper’s safety.

You have to wonder how it’s legal for the state to tape a traffic stop, but not for the person being stopped.

[NorthFlaRebel]

"Pennsylvania is a state that says all [recordings of conversations] require prior consent. But you have to have the expectation of privacy first," Grill said.

Its the same here in Florida.

But here is the ultimate question: What on earth is so damaging or egregeous that doing so can or should result in a prison sentence, let alone seven years in prison? Doing this for the purpose of blackmail would seem to qualify as blackmail. Why is this not just simply a civil tort? Someone, anyone have an explanation as to why someone who did this is so dangerous or so wrong that they should go to prison? People convicted of mansalughter or some sex crimes can get less than seven years.

[MD_Willington_1976]

Hey the “Cruiser Cam” gets to film you, why can’t my “mini van cam” film them...

The cop needs to be busted down to “Mall Ninja Security Guard” complete with duct taped plates and tactical wheel barrow...

[Sloth]

Cop should be fired pronto.

[Husker24]

What if you have a camera hidden in your home, and catch someone breaking into your house and stealing something. Can you be charged under this law?

[rolling_stone]

People working for governments do not normally have a reasonable expectation of privacy while doing that work. They work for the public, thus what they do is open to scrutiny. Possible exceptions are attorney/client priveledge and closed door meetings, restrooms etc. Whoever started this crap was an idiot. The government works for the people not the other way around. Sometimes they need to be reminded of that simple fact.

[Palladin]

That’s one really really dumb cop. He is going to lose, bigtime.

[winner3000]

Time to change the law. The traffic system is already more one-sided than the criminal system, with the government having a conflict of interest - the government sets the speed limits, sets the fines, and is allowed to profit from the fines from which police officers and the judges are paid and squad cars are purchased! The least that should be done is to pass a law that clearly allows citizens to tape the police during their official duties.