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I would say if an officer has their camera off in line of duty, and something happens they should be charged with obstruction of justice.

crusso 9y ago
If I was interviewing you and I told you that if your laptop stopped working during office hours you could be brought up on criminal charges that could include jail time - would you take the job?
- yetanother1980 9y ago
  More like if your laptop stops working you are obligated to call tech support immediately.
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- trowawee 9y ago
  Well, I can’t shoot people to death and potentially get away with it at my job. If I was interviewing for a job where I literally held the power of life or death for other people, then yeah, I would probably expect some pretty strict controls on that power.
- vorotato 9y ago
  If your DLP mysteriously turns off and then corporate data gets leaked you could be brought up on criminal charges that could include jail time. Which is the present scenario nearly all of us are in.
uoaei 9y ago
Exactly my theory. Make any accusation by citizens against police have more weight over the cops' words in a court of law (they are after all "serving the people", no?), and they will find it in their best interest to keep the camera on at all times.
unit91 9y ago
What if they need to go to the bathroom?
- gpm 9y ago
  Then they should briefly go off duty... I fail to see an issue here.
- lucideer 9y ago
  Try not to assault anyone in the stalls? OK, the above is slightly tongue in cheek, I know, but this seems like a fairly weak "what if". We're primarily talking about confrontational incidents of conflict where there's issues of trust around accounts of events. The majority of these incidents will hopefully not take place during toilet breaks.
- lunchables 9y ago
  They should have to request it over the radio and the camera should be remotely disabled. This would mean they couldn't turn it off in mere seconds in the heat of the moment or right after taking a call before it was resolved. It's not a perfect solution but it's pretty good. Another option would be for the "off" button to mark that section of the tape as "off duty" and store it in a special archive that required a court order to access. That way the only time we would need to look is if there was some issue where there was an empty spot in the recording during an event where they were clearly not "off duty". I think it's worth pointing out that while using the bathroom I don't think a chest/shoulder mounted body cam would see much, if anything, inappropriate. It's not attached to their head looking where they look.

crusso 9y ago

If I was interviewing you and I told you that if your laptop stopped working during office hours you could be brought up on criminal charges that could include jail time - would you take the job?

yetanother1980 9y ago
More like if your laptop stops working you are obligated to call tech support immediately.
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trowawee 9y ago
Well, I can’t shoot people to death and potentially get away with it at my job. If I was interviewing for a job where I literally held the power of life or death for other people, then yeah, I would probably expect some pretty strict controls on that power.
vorotato 9y ago
If your DLP mysteriously turns off and then corporate data gets leaked you could be brought up on criminal charges that could include jail time. Which is the present scenario nearly all of us are in.

uoaei 9y ago

Exactly my theory. Make any accusation by citizens against police have more weight over the cops' words in a court of law (they are after all "serving the people", no?), and they will find it in their best interest to keep the camera on at all times.

unit91 9y ago

What if they need to go to the bathroom?

gpm 9y ago
Then they should briefly go off duty... I fail to see an issue here.
lucideer 9y ago
Try not to assault anyone in the stalls? OK, the above is slightly tongue in cheek, I know, but this seems like a fairly weak "what if". We're primarily talking about confrontational incidents of conflict where there's issues of trust around accounts of events. The majority of these incidents will hopefully not take place during toilet breaks.
lunchables 9y ago
They should have to request it over the radio and the camera should be remotely disabled. This would mean they couldn't turn it off in mere seconds in the heat of the moment or right after taking a call before it was resolved. It's not a perfect solution but it's pretty good. Another option would be for the "off" button to mark that section of the tape as "off duty" and store it in a special archive that required a court order to access. That way the only time we would need to look is if there was some issue where there was an empty spot in the recording during an event where they were clearly not "off duty". I think it's worth pointing out that while using the bathroom I don't think a chest/shoulder mounted body cam would see much, if anything, inappropriate. It's not attached to their head looking where they look.