[moonshinner_09]

"Law-enforcement officers don't like being taped,why wonder this be so ?

[dfwgator]

“It’s the Phone Cops, Man.”

[grobdriver]

Get a Justin-TV account and don't just record the deed - broadcast it.

That way you can give them your cell phone and its recovery will be a separate issue - the recording is up on Justin.TV servers and available for download and YouTube.

[circlecity]

Smart phones need a feature that can immediately stream your pictures and video to an online server (cloud, youtube) as you are taking them. This way the cops can’t erase the content of what you have recorded. Maybe that already exists.

[coloradan]

... yet governments install countless cameras to photograph us, and indeed some government agencies even hack into our computers and use our own computer cameras to spy upon us, at home! Where I live, every time traffic signal work is done at an intersection, 4 cameras go up, one pointing in each direction of the intersection. Hypocrisy and double standards abound. It's time cops started facing criminal charges for denying civil rights.

[mabarker1]

https://openwatch.net/

[DManA]

officer orders you to stop, says you're breaking the law.

Amazingly, apparently, there is no law against a LEO lying to a citizen. Nor is lying even considered unethical to them. In fact a good lie is considered good police work.

[sr4402]

Law-enforcement officers don't like being taped,why wonder this be so ?

Taping typically starts after what caused it has happened. Folks run to the news saying police abuse. Then the officer prays he or she was on his dash-cam, because if not the paperwork is going to be horrendous and the officers life and family life is going to be turned upside down.

So say the officer has done the right thing all the way. Given the reasons and the multiple warnings before a take down. The perp gets taken down and out come the smartphones. The media will salatiously run with it never asking what was the reason or how many warnings were given. The officer gets put in a bad light no matter what he or she does.

Just a thought, never poke that smartphone in an officers face or way. Stay way off to the side and out of the way. It just might save you a world of hassle.

[Gaffer]

First thing. LOCK YOUR PHONE!!!!

Second thing. If you are filming a LEO doing anything, make sure that before he gets within 6 feet of you, turn off your phone so that it is LOCKED.

Third thing. If he demands that you erase or show him anything on the phone, tell him “yeah, I’ll pass that onto my lawyer who will get back with you. Also, what is your full name and badge number so that I can give it to him.”

[I want the USA back]

Cops do what they are told. They have no ability to make intelligent decisions. It’s the corrupt administrations that are breaking the law.

[Reddy]

It’s twisted pretzel logic that allows for anyone to be photographed/taped in public, yet disallows citizens the right to photograph/tape law enforcement officers in public.

[CodeToad]

Cops, dumber than the dogs they shoot.

[Ohioan]

It is really a civil liberties infringement. Your liberties are based upon natural law--and flow from the realities of Creation. "Civil Rights," are the new "rights" created by civil governments, and are usually at least partially in derogation of your natural rights--or liberties.

There is no way that your right to record what you see is dependent upon legislation.

William Flax

[thorvaldr]

The instant a cop asks for your phone or your camera, congratulations you now live in a police state. But don’t listen to me, we need to bow down to our freindly jack booted oppressors and trust that they know better than we do and are only protecting us from having too much freedom.

[RhoTheta]

Seems like there’s a 4th Amendment aspect having to do with what else is on your smart phone besides the embarrassing video. Does anyone really believe that, while they have it, the cops won’t look through your stored pictures, copy your Contacts list and phone log, etc.?

[Vaduz]

They’re using force, and the man they’re arresting is protesting. You pull out your cellphone.
A sure way to sell a race card or get a kick back from a lawyer.

[latina4dubya]

But the lines get blurry about whether an officer has a right to seize the phone or camera of someone recording officers at work. If the officer thinks it contains evidence of a crime and there's a danger that the evidence is about to be destroyed, he or she should seize and hold it, according to an OPD training bulletin from November.

this is bullcrap... let the officers gather their own evidence... take their own recordings... we as citizens do not work for the law and order... if that is the case, then i want compensation for the evidence i collected for them...

[equaviator]

Cops- ya don’t have to love ‘em.

[cuban leaf]

I wonder what they would do about Google Glass wearers...

[cuban leaf]

“Law-enforcement officers don’t like being taped,why wonder this be so ?

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For years now, the only tape I use is duct tape, though I sometimes play cassettes in my vintage Pioneer CT-F1250.

[Logical me]

Many police departments are moving in areas that resemble the gestapo. They must be checked and soon. Take-downs do not entitle a beating.