# I am the LAW: 3 states now illegal to record on-duty police officer in public. **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 3, 2010, 12:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446 "2010-06-03T12:28:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ninety1two40](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ninety1two40/32/6332_2.png) [@ninety1two40](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninety1two40)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:46am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/21 "2010-06-04T05:46:58Z")
> [@Just wanted to say a sincere thanks.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-wanted-to-say-a-sincere-thanks/32353/17): > > So if he walks up to the window and I say is your in car video camera on, and they say yes, I can just say I dont consent to it and then act all sketchy. He will want to remove me from the car i bet, and then he will fear for himself if i am acting strange, not want to take the camera offline and will let me go becasue if I bug out nothing is there to see it. Nope. He’ll turn the camera off and give hammer you with tickets for being a smart ass. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 5:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/22 "2010-06-04T05:59:30Z")
> [@things shops tell newbs or unaware people](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-shops-tell-newbs-or-unaware-people/32352/13): > > Nope. He’ll turn the camera off and give hammer you with tickets for being a smart ass. This. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/23 "2010-06-04T06:17:45Z")
> [@things shops tell newbs or unaware people](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-shops-tell-newbs-or-unaware-people/32352/13): > > Nope. He’ll turn the camera off and give hammer you with tickets for being a smart ass. Thats ok, I am jacked and usually roid out on the weekends now, I will just whoop his ass, and make him eat the tickets. That will make him wish his camera was on. ---
**Author:** ![h0twh3els](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/h0twh3els/32/6615_2.png) [@h0twh3els](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/h0twh3els)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 6:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/24 "2010-06-04T06:57:51Z")
> [@Just wanted to say a sincere thanks.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/just-wanted-to-say-a-sincere-thanks/32353/17): > > So if he walks up to the window and I say is your in car video camera on, and they say yes, I can just say I dont consent to it and then act all sketchy. He will want to remove me from the car i bet, and then he will fear for himself if i am acting strange, not want to take the camera offline and will let me go becasue if I bug out nothing is there to see it. Nooooo… Your reading skills are that of a retarded giraffe. This ONLY APPLIES TO PEDESTRIANS RECORDING OFFICERS!!! Not the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 7:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/25 "2010-06-04T07:41:20Z")
> [@FS:90-91 Crx Si rims w/ tires and center caps](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-90-91-crx-si-rims-w-tires-and-center-caps/31849/22): > > Nooooo… Your reading skills are that of a retarded giraffe. This ONLY APPLIES TO PEDESTRIANS RECORDING OFFICERS!!! Not the other way around. Animals cant read idiot, everyone knows that. What if the person recording the event is an officer? If my friend tom records me getting the shit kicked outa myself by the Po9? ---
**Author:** ![h0twh3els](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/h0twh3els/32/6615_2.png) [@h0twh3els](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/h0twh3els)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/26 "2010-06-04T08:12:05Z")
> [@So I'm at a bar...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/so-im-at-a-bar/32359/10): > > Animals cant read idiot, everyone knows that. > > What if the person recording the event is an officer? If my friend tom records me getting the shit kicked outa myself by the Po9? Wow, you really are down with the syndrome. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 8:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/27 "2010-06-04T08:23:33Z")
> [@7.14 or 7.15 NYSpeed Crotch Rocket Meet!?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/7-14-or-7-15-nyspeed-crotch-rocket-meet/32243/41): > > Wow, you really are down with the syndrome. He’s just bringing up points of how ridiculous that judicial ruling is. Saw these on another forum > [@s13 hatch sr20 partout](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/s13-hatch-sr20-partout/120642/62): > > it would be better if they just quit abusing people. > [@tires!! need some help](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/tires-need-some-help/122888/29): > > As a public servant, they should be able to perform their duties and expect to be recorded doing so. There is no reason for them to expect or require privacy while performing a public service. ESPECIALLY since any other citizen of this country cannot legally prevent someone from recording them in a public setting when no privacy is expected. > [@West End Meet...every wednesday](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/west-end-meet-every-wednesday/98005/1038): > > If they are abusing their power, they must be held accountable. Once we lose the ability to keep the police and others in authority in check, then we’ve lost pretty much everything. A government/military/police force without any checks on it’s behavior _will_ become corrupt. > > You can’t have a police state without the police. ---
**Author:** ![RocketPunch](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rocketpunch/32/6429_2.png) [@RocketPunch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RocketPunch)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 10:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/28 "2010-06-04T10:01:57Z")
IMO, the most disturbing thing about the law is it seemed to be purely in place to provide police officers a legal conduit to go after people afterwards when they decided that whatever is being taped have the “potential” to become evidences that demonstrate police wrong doing in whatever fashion. The issue is, the person who caught those acts on video might not be doing it intentionally, like when you are taping a parade and a police happened to be cuffing a guy in the background. If someone decides to take legal action against that police using your video as evidence, you betcha you will hear from them due to this law, even taping him/her in the act was never your intention. ---
**Author:** ![KrazyKid](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/krazykid/32/6371_2.png) [@KrazyKid](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KrazyKid)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/29 "2010-06-04T11:19:04Z")
> [@Dont-mess-with-fire-department \*PIC\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dont-mess-with-fire-department-pic/32356/8): > > IMO, the most disturbing thing about the law is it seemed to be purely in place to provide police officers a legal conduit to go after people afterwards when they decided that whatever is being taped have the “potential” to become evidences that demonstrate police wrong doing in whatever fashion. > > The issue is, the person who caught those acts on video might not be doing it intentionally, like when you are taping a parade and a police happened to be cuffing a guy in the background. If someone decides to take legal action against that police using your video as evidence, you betcha you will hear from them due to this law, even taping him/her in the act was never your intention. Thats no different than me having my video camera in my car, recording my driving… then accidently capturing me getting pulled over and what ever happens from there. I was intending on capturing my driving, so so happens I got pulled over and clubed for no reason too. In both cases one side has to prove they video guy wasnt really trying to capture the cop doing shit, the other side trys to realllllly make it look like the guy with the video tape at the parade was intentionally video taping the arrest. ---
**Author:** ![Neo187H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/898d66/32.png) [@Neo187H](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Neo187H)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2010, 12:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/30 "2010-06-04T12:24:36Z")
I swear that article is only slightly one sided. :rofl [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446.md?page=1)