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> I might be onboard with a law that requires cameras and microphones to have a power indicator. Specifically, the LED should be hard-wired into the main power
by gregmac 5y ago
> I might be onboard with a law that requires cameras and microphones to have a power indicator. Specifically, the LED should be hard-wired into the main power wire going into the camera/mic, so that it will activate any time those sensors are receiving electricity.
Such a law should be equally applied to police body cameras.
- gunapologist99 5y agoThat would present a severe risk to officers working at night and turn them into a lit-up target.
- cwkoss 5y agoCops don't need to sneak up in cover of darkness. They are safety officers not special ops
- gunapologist99 5y agoMost crime occurs at night. Cops frequently have to chase suspects into dark areas. Being lit up will both help suspects get away easier and massively increase the risk that the suspects will be able to easily shoot their pursuers.
- modriano 5y agoPolice don't skulk around in the shadows at night, waiting to observe crimes. Crimes occur far too infrequently for that strategy to make any sense at all. They're either in cars or if they're patrolling on foot (which is basically only something that happens in very dense commercial areas), they're dressed to be obvious and noticable. That's the mechanism by which police can prevent/displace crime: would-be perpetrators see police and choose to wait, commit their crime elsewhere, or (potentially) cool off and not commit the crime.