Cops are human, as we all are. And as humans they have the same flaws that everyone else has. Because they have positions that grant them so much power, they

Cops are human, as we all are. And as humans they have the same flaws that everyone else has. Because they have positions that grant them so much power, they need some serious checks and balances. Citizen monitoring seems like an obvious and fair system. Why would an on-duty officer that is in the act of making an arrest need to have his words and actions protected by privacy laws? We are not talking about when he is in locker room bullshitting with other cops.