Businesses around the globe have been recording customer calls "for training and quality purposes" for years. Should American citizens require law enforcement agents to wear recording devices for the same reasons? (Insert shameless "Share" request.)
Most cops I know already do. It protects them from people lying about their interaction. And can prove they perjury in court. It's amazing how many people lie to cops.
I'm torn on this issue. While it will help protect people from power hungry cops, it could very well scare an upstanding officer from doing the right thing. Even a moment's hesitation could be the difference between life and death. Then again,...
My instinct is to say yes, because of the abuse of power by some police officers, that seems to be getting ever-more prevalent, but looking at the comments I see some pretty compelling arguments against it too.
I voted no simply because it would seem to me to override Miranda in just about every way. Conversations can be coerced, as can guilt submissions, all violating fifth amendment if used as evidence.
NSA already does it. 3,000 privacy invasion crimes committed in 1 year.
75% smartphones have NSA coding.
PRISM
Over 1 billion qualified for monitoring. Roving bug.
I voted no, but only out of concern for my own privacy. I don't want every cop around recording my whereabouts.
But I can also see the other side of the argument, that it would temper police behavior.
Get ready for tickets all the time then. Police discretion means giving warnings. If everything is recorded and admissible, that'll be the end of going easy.
I don't want law enforcement officials wearing ANY devices that would record ANY aspect (audio/video) of a "situation"
It gives Law enforcement an insurmountable edge and makes it next to impossible to create reasonable doubt with a jury of my peers!
I think recording the calls would help expose the inappropriate behavior of criminals too. If an officer has it in tape it's pretty hard to argue with. Also it would expose bad police behavior. I say record it and let the chips fall where they fall.
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