{"id":1143,"date":"2007-07-13T06:51:38","date_gmt":"2007-07-13T06:49:24","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2007-07-13T06:49:24","slug":"en-US","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=1143","title":{"rendered":"Police helmet or body cam recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"

ABC News reported today on their “Tech Bytes” segment that police officers have started carrying cameras on their persons to record all interaction with suspects. This is hardly news. I did a Google search, and, according to CNET, this was reported by them in November 2006<\/a>. SWAT Teams have been wearing them<\/a> for years to record their entries.<\/p>\n

This should not be surprising. When the UK first started it a year ago as reported here<\/a> and here<\/a>, the cost was fairly significant, at least there. There is even a post of a motorcyclist who had one eluding the police<\/a>. Here, we’ve seen sporting events for years where participants wore cameras<\/a>. Google “helmet cams” or add “police” to the search, and you’ll see the number of suppliers of these cameras. One touts supplying NASA<\/a> so the Space Shuttle crew’s work could be monitored by Ground Control.<\/p>\n

It is no longer news. The question for criminal lawyers is whether these digital images are turned over in discovery. A related question is whether the police even tell the prosecutor. The video would show activities and statements of the defendant and would be discoverable as a matter of course.<\/p>\n

Also, surveillance equipment does not require that the camera even be obvious; it can be a small, unobstrusive or nearly invisible camera on the body.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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