“I’m sure honest LEOs would have no problem with them.”
Ah, the old “if you don’t have anything to hide, why are you trying to hide it?” BS.
The problem with honest LEOs having them is cops are human too, prone to mistakes, do not know the law perfectly, and fluid unpleasant/dangerous situations can be picked apart later to find SOMETHING to accuse the cop with. Those wearing such cameras will have the constant Sword Of Damocles hanging over them, knowing that everything they do/say can be scrutinized and used against them ... so they’ll stick with “safe” actions, which WILL cost lives.
Cameras will compel the police to stick with ‘safe’ actions makes a great argument in favor of police cameras, IMO.
Not to mention turining it off when going to the bathroom. . .or forgetting to turn it off. . .
So your saying they will have some “un intended consequences”!
I agree.
I’m still for them but I agree with you.
Poor pigs can’t handle surveillance but the rest of us can? We need to ask better of our officers and raise the bar, not lower it. This is an opportunity to watch the watchers and I welcome it. Then we give all agents of the state cams to wear at all times. Let the sunlight in and watch the roaches and vermin scatter. No privacy for state agents.... None...ever. Record their every public move action and word. Let them be prisoners of their own leadership in a world they create.