Cops don't like cell cams

[Forever_frost]

I seem to make it through everyday life without having any negative interaction with police. In my opinion, if you are having some sort of negative interaction with a cop, you did something to attract their attention in the first place. If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about. It's simple, don't break the law.

Keep in mind, I grew up in LA in a dominant, black gang infested neighborhood. Being white, I got stopped and searched often just because I was white and they thought I was in the neighborhood to buy crack. Sure, it got irrtiating to get stopped for 30-45 minutes at a time answering the same fucking questions over and over but I understood why they were doing it. It's not a personal thing. Most cops are just trying to do the right thing a majority of the time.

I don't have a clue why anyone would want to be a cop in the first place. You're dealing with people everyday having one of the worst days of their lives. Constantly seeing horrible things happen everyday. They start out trying to do the right thing to help people, protect and serve and all that BS. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to go out there everyday to put their lives on the line only to have select individuals criticize the manner in which they provide their service. They're human too and it's bound to have an effect on them one way or another.

It's easy to sit on the internet to complain about a cop doing this or that especially when it's not you out there putting your life on the line everyday. They aren't policy makers, they just enforce the law. It's true, not all cops are good cops, but that comes with any job in which you will have good and bad people. There is some real assholes out there but there is also some damn good people who want to genuinely help.

Fortunately, our founders disagree with the "if you have nothing to hide, you shouldn't be worried about police." And police ARE policy makers. Well, of a sort. They have discretion on what they want to enforce, when and whom on. If you think they enforce all laws equally all the time, you're foolish.

[SS Junk]

Not arguing that for smaller departments or for those that dont have the proper equipment. However more and more departments are improving tech areas and the gray areas are slowly going away. If you were caught making a stop and tunring the camera off in my department they would fire your ass which is great in my opinion. I have said it before and will say it again, I hate crooked cops. One bad cop can sour the community for years on a department.

I know of one particular instance where the camera had been inoperative for months. I know of other instances where it was made sure an arrest was not in view of the camera. Shit happens all the time. Houston is not far off DC and surrounding areas...

That was actually a pretty decent post Steve. Glad to see you back on your meds.

Not so fast... I have another PM proving otherwise, of course it was a few days ago so...

That was actually a pretty decent post Steve. Glad to see you back on your meds.

[Steve]

be fucking serious brent... its steve. no chance in hell a cop could take him!

god bless.

Pure internet rumor. I'm harmless.

[kingjason]

I was a juror for (of all things) a trial where a guy with a CDL was contesting a speeding ticket. The prosecutor mentioned several times that the in car footage showed the stop, how fast he was going, etc. He was forced to play it at the request of the guys defense attorney, it was nothing but snow on the screen.

I'm not saying your depart does it or even can do it, I'm just saying it has happened and will happen again. There have been plenty of times that the recording has mysteriously disappeared or were victims of mechanical failure when requested by the public.

Stevo

Not arguing that for smaller departments or for those that dont have the proper equipment. However more and more departments are improving tech areas and the gray areas are slowly going away. If you were caught making a stop and turning the camera off in my department they would fire your ass which is great in my opinion. I have said it before and will say it again, I hate crooked cops. One bad cop can sour the community for years on a department.

[Steve]

So you'd be ok with a cop kicking your ass and illegal search and seizure for recording whatever they were doing? (assuming the story is true)

I seem to make it through everyday life without having any negative interaction with police. In my opinion, if you are having some sort of negative interaction with a cop, you did something to attract their attention in the first place. If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about. It's simple, don't break the law.

Keep in mind, I grew up in LA in a dominant, black gang infested neighborhood. Being white, I got stopped and searched often just because I was white and they thought I was in the neighborhood to buy crack. Sure, it got irrtiating to get stopped for 30-45 minutes at a time answering the same fucking questions over and over but I understood why they were doing it. It's not a personal thing. Most cops are just trying to do the right thing a majority of the time.

I don't have a clue why anyone would want to be a cop in the first place. You're dealing with people everyday having one of the worst days of their lives. Constantly seeing horrible things happen everyday. They start out trying to do the right thing to help people, protect and serve and all that BS. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be to go out there everyday to put their lives on the line only to have select individuals criticize the manner in which they provide their service. They're human too and it's bound to have an effect on them one way or another.

It's easy to sit on the internet to complain about a cop doing this or that especially when it's not you out there putting your life on the line everyday. They aren't policy makers, they just enforce the law. It's true, not all cops are good cops, but that comes with any job in which you will have good and bad people. There is some real assholes out there but there is also some damn good people who want to genuinely help.

[kingjason]

be fucking serious brent... its steve. no chance in hell a cop could take him!

god bless.

Taser trumps armbar bitches. LOL What was it Ron White said " I didnt know how many it was going to take but I knew how many they were going to bring".

[stevo]

If I sneeze my camera comes on. It would look really suspicious if I pulled up on a stop and turned my cameras off. Ours stay on the server for around three mounths and auto download from a hard drive in the car. All that shit is under lock and key. DPD uses the same system we do accept they may not have it in all their cars, most do though. Not sure on HPD. The old school VHS tapes you could have probably tampered with but they were under lock and key also. Problem is with those night shift changed them out and I could see one being lost if people were shady enough.

I was a juror for (of all things) a trial where a guy with a CDL was contesting a speeding ticket. The prosecutor mentioned several times that the in car footage showed the stop, how fast he was going, etc. He was forced to play it at the request of the guys defense attorney, it was nothing but snow on the screen.

I'm not saying your depart does it or even can do it, I'm just saying it has happened and will happen again. There have been plenty of times that the recording has mysteriously disappeared or were victims of mechanical failure when requested by the public.

Stevo

[SS Junk]

ut oh?

[Rick Modena]

be fucking serious brent... its steve. no chance in hell a cop could take him!

ahahahahahaha!

Actually I know of one cop that will mop his ass up and i'll just leave his initials here, he knows who he is.

RK...

[ELVIS]

So you'd be ok with a cop kicking your ass and illegal search and seizure for recording whatever they were doing? (assuming the story is true)

be fucking serious brent... its steve. no chance in hell a cop could take him!

god bless.

[01-GATOR]

FTP

I think she's lying, cops don't arrest people they just sit in their car outside Alexs office all day.

[SS Junk]

Some cities still have that technorogy, ie low budget police forces that patrol "transitional" neighborhoods.

[bcoop]

The cop haters on this board crack me up. You'd think everyone here has been beaten down at some point. lol.

So you'd be ok with a cop kicking your ass and illegal search and seizure for recording whatever they were doing? (assuming the story is true)

[Baron Von Crowder]

If I sneeze my camera comes on. It would look really suspicious if I pulled up on a stop and turned my cameras off. Ours stay on the server for around three mounths and auto download from a hard drive in the car. All that shit is under lock and key. DPD uses the same system we do accept they may not have it in all their cars, most do though. Not sure on HPD. The old school VHS tapes you could have probably tampered with but they were under lock and key also. Problem is with those night shift changed them out and I could see one being lost if people were shady enough.

When I set up the new cars back in the day, the cameras recording was activated by the switch that turned on the overheads. If the lights were on, it was recoding. It amazed me how many stops took place and then lights out...