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LAPD Cops Are Disabling Their Own Recorders. Not Just a Few Cops Either, Half Of Them!
http://www.mintpressnews.com ^ | September 30, 2014 | By MintPress News Desk

Posted on 10/02/2014 10:42:52 AM PDT by redreno

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To: BwanaNdege

“Scads of Russian motorist use their own money to buy dashcams to protect themselves in case of an accident.”

Not to mention the fact that it also provides hours of hilarious videos. Go to YouTube and search on “driving in Russia,” for many examples.


41 posted on 10/02/2014 11:28:17 AM PDT by PLMerite
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To: Boogieman

yes. I’m in a 1983 case as a plaintiff. If cops were not indemnified then they would straighten up on Constitutional Violations. Many need training in case law real bad...


42 posted on 10/02/2014 11:31:34 AM PDT by magna carta
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To: redreno
HALF of them.

Now, can one of the local FR bootlickers please explain to me how it's just a "few" bad cops that sour the barrel?

43 posted on 10/02/2014 11:36:13 AM PDT by zeugma (The act of observing disturbs the observed.)
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To: Hulka
So, if they dpont[’ know when the cameras stop working, how can you fire them when cameras brewak and he doesn’t report it in 5-min?

You can't. That's my point. I wasn't the one saying that they should be fired, in the first place.

44 posted on 10/02/2014 11:39:55 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: GraceG

Usually when laws passed that involve Officials there is not “Or else” clause written into the law. Often there is no penalty for failure to comply.


45 posted on 10/02/2014 11:44:03 AM PDT by Revel
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I’ve got an idea. Make the police officers weapon unable to function , if the body camera has been tampered with or turned off. I am sure the technology is there to make this work. No camera. No bang, bang.


46 posted on 10/02/2014 11:44:41 AM PDT by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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To: rdcbn

So, the body camera will make him stupid? Do car cams have the same effect on cops?


47 posted on 10/02/2014 11:46:30 AM PDT by redreno (Americans don't go Gault. Americans go Postal.)
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To: Hulka

I know when my dash cam is recording.


48 posted on 10/02/2014 11:48:53 AM PDT by RedStateRocker (Nuke Mecca, deport all illegal aliens, abolish the IRS, DEA and ATF.)
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To: KarlInOhio
Having a running video log robs the officer of of his most valuable asset, which is his discretion.
Hey, Joe, how ya doin? You treating my sister right? Well, you can just go on your way. If I had known it was you I wouldn't have pulled you over at all.


I will agree the concept does cut both ways

49 posted on 10/02/2014 11:58:30 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: redreno
If you have nothing to hide — hey, why does that only apply to the citizens?
50 posted on 10/02/2014 11:58:47 AM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: magna carta

Mind if I ask about the case?


51 posted on 10/02/2014 12:02:41 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America

“Any area or city with the word ‘Gardens’ in it is a huge red flag to turn around and head the other way if you value your life”

Palm Beach Gardens? Never trust those WASP types.

Now Martin Luther King Jr Blvd? There’s a place you don’t want to go.

I must be racist.


52 posted on 10/02/2014 12:07:10 PM PDT by saleman (?)
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To: rdcbn
I think the real reason why cops should be begging to have their actions videoed is because there are so many cameras out there and editing is so easy that they better have their unedited version available to counter it if they didn't do anything wrong. Otherwise it will be their word against a Youtube video with a million hits and they will lose.

What's going to happen when an LA cop gets into a questionable action and when asked for their video every cop there claims to have had an unfortunate equipment failure? Their claims of innocence will be met with the same contempt that Lois Lerner's are.

The days where they could grab every camera and destroy the recording to keep their actions from being seen are long gone. They will be recorded and there is nothing they can do to prevent that.

53 posted on 10/02/2014 12:11:32 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (The IRS: either criminally irresponsible in backup procedures or criminally responsible of coverup.)
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To: redreno

For all the human debris LAPD has to deal with, can’t blame them.


54 posted on 10/02/2014 12:20:35 PM PDT by kenmcg (b)
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To: redreno

Maybe they’ll clean L.A. up like Ferguson.


55 posted on 10/02/2014 12:24:02 PM PDT by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: OneWingedShark

http://bigjollypolitics.com/2014/07/30/complaint-houston-metro-alleges-civil-liberties-violations/


56 posted on 10/02/2014 12:25:31 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: Puppage

Roger that. Apologies.


57 posted on 10/02/2014 12:33:21 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: rdcbn

Hogwash. Our local PD has it, they have no problem.

L.A. needs to get on the stick and start disciplining officers for damaging equipment.


58 posted on 10/02/2014 12:36:45 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Puppage

They don’t.

Many models the device in the trunk. Camera in the car. No indications of operation.

No way to tell if it breaks and/or stops.


59 posted on 10/02/2014 12:37:39 PM PDT by Hulka
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To: redreno

Suggests to me that they are going places or doing things they don’t want recorded that are improper and/or against department policy.


60 posted on 10/02/2014 12:38:08 PM PDT by sjmjax (Politicans are much like bananas. They start off green, turn yellow then rot.)
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