Body Cameras and POV

[Scout26]

It only takes about three brain cells to figure out that lying about something you know full well happened on camera isn't a great idea.

OTOH, I'm sort of fond of concealed cameras for just that reason; let them lie under oath, then nail them for the false statement.  Plus, not letting them know when they're being recorded means they won't know when they're not being recorded, so the problem doesn't resurface the day the cop forgets to wear his camera.

Ummm, no.  I don't want cameras to become a "Gotcha Game" for police.  I want them all to have it and have it one all the time.   The bad cops will do themselves in, video or not.   All cameras on all the time.   Storage is cheap.   IT servces to protect both the public and the police from false statements regarding the event.

[Ben]

The bad cops will do themselves in, video or not.   

Yup. Classic example right here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kassP7zI0qc

[dogmush]

OTOH, I'm sort of fond of concealed cameras for just that reason; let them lie under oath, then nail them for the false statement.  Plus, not letting them know when they're being recorded means they won't know when they're not being recorded, so the problem doesn't resurface the day the cop forgets to wear his camera.

Nope. Not until they stop being little bitches about me recording them. And not until they change the state laws to make surreptitious recording legal for everyone.

[KD5NRH]

And not until they change the state laws to make surreptitious recording legal for everyone.

I thought that part was pretty well implied anyway.

[BlueStarLizzard]

It only takes about three brain cells to figure out that lying about something you know full well happened on camera isn't a great idea.

OTOH, I'm sort of fond of concealed cameras for just that reason; let them lie under oath, then nail them for the false statement.  Plus, not letting them know when they're being recorded means they won't know when they're not being recorded, so the problem doesn't resurface the day the cop forgets to wear his camera.

Nope. Nope. Nope.

The point of the camera's is better behavior on the part of everyone, not to throw more people in jail.
The unmarked cars hiding behind the bushes to nail speeders is bad enough. LEO do not need anymore tricks to catch people breaking the law, especially when they should be focused on getting people to not break the law in the first place.

[KD5NRH]

The unmarked cars hiding behind the bushes to nail speeders is bad enough. LEO do not need anymore tricks to catch people breaking the law, especially when they should be focused on getting people to not break the law in the first place.

Knowing that anybody might be recording them at any time would be a much better deterrent than knowing that it's happening only with a fully uniformed cop facing them.

[RoadKingLarry]

Along the drone lines... A couple of weeks ago one of the guys down at the marina had won a drawing for 1 hour of drone footage. He took the drone operator out on his sailboat and they launched from the boat and made a couple of test recovery operations. Everything was looking good till it came time to recover the drone after the hour of filming. The expensive drone and expensive camera ran out of juice 10' off the stern of the boat and sank in 70' of water.
Oops.