At first, I thought cops should have to wear these evidence-gathering devices only while on duty. Now I am leaning towards forcing all people employed in law enforcement to wear them all the time, to prevent cops from planting evidence while off duty as well.
Great idea. But to make it work, I think we should require
everybody to wear them. Then when the broadband system you mentioned is readily available, I won't even have to leave the station. We can just send tickets by mail and if you commit a crime that is an arrestable offense, we can just call you and you can come to the PD. Heck, the technology exists so we'll just be able to contact you through the monitoring system itself.
Sweet deal all around.
Of course, some people won't comply, so we'll have to incorporate an explosive collar that blows your head off if your personal device stops recording. But, that would be very rare. I mean how many times do things like computers (or Windows
) crash. Or how many times do you get someplace where broadband isn't available. Never happens!