Cop watch: Who benefits when law enforcement gets body cams?

[pinkhamr]

An interesting read - but will it keep the Lawyers happy? ...... http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/c...forcement-gets-body-cams-6C10911746?GT1=43001

Leave it to Bloomberg to have an issue with it ...... "A vow by Mayor Michael Bloomberg to appeal the plan, which he has called a "nightmare,"

Oh well - your thoughts?

 

[0311]

If I were an LEO, I'd insist on having one - even if I had to buy it out of my own pocket.

 

[Powerman620]

I would wear one so my side of story would be told. Some at our station have them and no complaints yet.

 

[Powerman620]

There have been times on.medical runs where it would be nice to show what we did do and did not do.

 

[0311]

There have been times on.medical runs where it would be nice to show what we did do and did not do.

Yeh! I wish we could do it at the hospital, but there is that HIPPA rule. All kinds of legalese and privacy issues...

 

[spd67]

I have paid out of my own pocket for a Sony Action cam that I mount to my Right side shoulder lapel. They are invaluable in evidence collection, interviews, and keeping scumbags from making frivolous complaints.

 

[henschman]

I think if all searches were videoed, a whole lot more of them would get thrown out in court as unconstitutional. Most of the time the only record of it is the police report, which can be written so as to make the search appear legal.

 

[streak]

I love it, keep everyone honest. I say put a sensor like a harley key has on it. When x number of feet from the base (car) the device automatically turns on.

 

[RickN]

Everyone benefits. It protects citizens from illegal search, etc, and protects LEOs from the anti-cop zealots.

 

[spd67]

Everyone benefits. It protects citizens from illegal search, etc, and protects LEOs from the anti-cop zealots.

Amen.