And dumb eager beavers like these in the police force will constantly cause grieve for the force in whole.
My wifes nephew is a cop in Detroit MI. And he personally welcomes videos taken. Why? Because they get the names and addresses of those doing the videos and use them for evidence if the case gets to that. If they wont allow for full access of the vid, they then use a warrant to get the video.
When the vest cams came out our Sheriff went to the council and asked for funding to get them for his deputies.
They whined over the money and he told them that it was a lot cheaper then have to settle a lawsuit.
He has total confidence in his deputies and so he did not worry about what the tapes might show. His trust has been rewarded and yes, so far there have been no successful lawsuits against his department. We are a quiet little area but we do have a heavily traveled state road running though the township. There have been incidents. The recordings always clearly show that his guys and gals are polite, appropriate and follow the rules.