Taping typically starts after what caused it has happened. Folks run to the news saying police abuse. Then the officer prays he or she was on his dash-cam, because if not the paperwork is going to be horrendous and the officers life and family life is going to be turned upside down.
So say the officer has done the right thing all the way. Given the reasons and the multiple warnings before a take down. The perp gets taken down and out come the smartphones. The media will salatiously run with it never asking what was the reason or how many warnings were given. The officer gets put in a bad light no matter what he or she does.
Just a thought, never poke that smartphone in an officers face or way. Stay way off to the side and out of the way. It just might save you a world of hassle.
I will not interfere with or poke a phone in anyone’s face. However, I will record ANY and ALL PUBLIC SERVANTS who I see exceeding the limits of their authority or abusing those they WORK FOR.
Fifteen years ago FR was crawling with pro police members. With the militarization of our nations police departments, a strange thing occurred. The people woke up and realized that the days of our local peace officer have disappeared and they have been replaced with a law enforcement composed of military tactic trained SWAT teams and patrol officers who basically are goons and thugs willing to shoot a dog without any thought process whatsoever.
There was a time when I would have stopped to assist any officer make an arrest, if he required my extra hands. Not anymore. Those days are long gone as are our peace officers.
In Reno, NV (2012) most police officers total pay varied from $175,000 to $100,000. I would think that for that kind of money we could get intelligent, effective police.
http://transparentnevada.com/salaries/search/?q=police+officer&t=job&j=reno&y=2012&s=default