# 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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 20
**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, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446/20 "2010-06-04T05:38:34Z")
> [@The lady who runs our Lotus application should be killed](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-lady-who-runs-our-lotus-application-should-be-killed/32337/22): > > No… This isn’t in regards to removing the cameras from the cop cars, it’s saying that YOU can’t record the cops without them knowing… 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. > [@where is pigmans](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/where-is-pigmans/32349/28): > > Un-Real… Specially for events like the lake george nationals where there are cameras going EVERYWHERE, you’re bound to pick up a cop… > > I know it’s not in NY, I was just using that as an example. Thats the best point anyone can make. It cant be written with execptions, becasue that would be one big loop hole. My security cam in my store, if it faces the road a little and a cop drives by, is it illegal? What if a cop beats someone down in my gas station parking lot and I get it on my security camera? What about all the highway traffic cam’s, hell those you can watch on the internet live! will they have to be turned off? > [@Downtown tonight - Nick Pearl](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/downtown-tonight-nick-pearl/32321/73): > > this is not acceptable… if your on a public street you should be able to record anything you want OR if its on your own property… > > Cops need to uphold the law AT ALL TIMES… Its the oath they took when they were sworn in. I have a Criminal Justice degree and I had every intention of becoming a cop until all this shit hit the fan… NO WAY… Its just not worth the $ to be ripped apart for everything you do… Someone in those states should put a camera on a tripod on my front lawn. Drive up and down the road till a cop comes and do a burnout and get pulled over. then try to get his ass kicked on tape on private property. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/i-am-the-law-3-states-now-illegal-to-record-on-duty-police-officer-in-public/252446)._