Ping list?
I don’t really have a problem with this. There may be some emergency situations where you don’t have time to activate it, etc.. Gor a routine traffic stop, there isn’t a valid excuse to not turn it on. If it is broken or non-functioning, that’s different. But if the sheriff/chief says “turn it on for all stops”, and you don’t...well, there’s a reason its called an order.
Because dash cams with microphones cost almost $30 at Walmart, and who can afford that.
I would make that presumptive evidence of murder, and I would not only fire him but criminally charge him.
This could be easily remedied by having them record constantly, only interrupted for a temporary period of time (15-minutes or less) for when the wearer needs to use the facilities. IOW, it should be a passive activation system exactly how cockpit voice recorders work.
In any event, I now have every reason to believe the story that the surviving witness told and and no reason to believe any explanation offered by the cop.
Excellent.
If he has nothing to hide he has nothing to fear right?
That is what they tell us.
Door swings both ways.