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Before recording a police officer, make sure you don't live in a "two - party consent" state, in which recording someone without his or her knowledge can be a c
by hawkharris 13y ago
Before recording a police officer, make sure you don't live in a "two - party consent" state, in which recording someone without his or her knowledge can be a crime.
One of my good friends, who is a civil rights attorney in Boston, represented a client who secretly used his phone to record himself getting pulled over for a speeding ticket.
He was subsequently charged with a felony for the recording.
- CapitalistCartr 13y agoDon't do it secretly. The Website Pinac.com documents a great deal of this. It tends to infuriate the cop, but is legal.
- pdkl95 13y agoFor best results, you record twice: once overtly, as you say, and another in secret, ideally in a place that can also observer the first camera/tape to document the potential destruction of evidence.
- coldcode 13y agoNot an issue with a store owner, there is no need for consent as it is a public location and where recording is expected.
- rmc 13y agoYeah otherwise all CCTV cameras in shops/banks/etc would be illegal.
- Moral_ 13y agoWasnt there a Supreme court ruling that said it was legal to video tape public officials on public property?
- marme 13y agoit is legal to record them if it is clear you are recording them i.e. holding up a camera or phone that any reasonable person who deduce that they were being recorded. Recording someone with a hidden camera can fall under wiretapping laws if it is a two party state. The laws usually require both people to be aware they are being recorded and the fact that your camera is hidden means the second party i.e. the cop, does not know he is being recorded
- darkarmani 13y ago> He was subsequently charged with a felony for the recording. ...For the audio portion of the recording. It's not illegal to record the video without consent.