Recording Police actions
Discussion
There's a lot if this stuff happening, and then it goes on youtube/ liveleak etc, even if the officer is doing nothing wrong. Maybe we just expect that if it is filmed and put on YT etc, the people being filmed are worthy of being scrutinised/suspected. Seems like some sad people are determined to bore the rest of us with how they were stopped and searched even if it was done without any hiccups.
Made me think if recording police in automotive situations like traffic stops is permitted/ adviseable/ not. I mean, the benefits are that an officer being recorded may behave more carefully. The downside is it makes him/her irritated and less likely to let a driver go with a warning.
Where recording police is concerned, most questions are answerable with a simple google or using the God-guven bonce one has. Most answers are 'its OK to do it but dont make a pointless nuisance of yourself to the police or get in the way of their job', broadly speaking.
But the mind has a curious way of finding the questions where answers are not obvious, to me at least. that I cant find obvious answers to. For example:
The inside of police cars-
-Is it legal to record a traffic officer if being interviewed by them in a police car?
Not sure if the police car is a 'public place' but then again it is a place of public office. Does any of that change the legality of recording?
Using recording methods that are not obvious to the officer-
-E.g. if the recording is done without the officer knowing. For example, someone using their phone to record audio of a police interview, whether in the street or in a police car. Strikes me that this is ok because it does t seem different to using a pen and paper to note down officer's answers etc, even if done after the interview when a person recalls the interview for their own records/ defence etc. But on the ither hand it may be dodgy because consent may be required?
It may be that the answers are obvious ,but do enlighten us on this thread if you know. I am insomniac tonight for having had too many coffees, and need more than Russian dashcam videos to engage my brain away from boredom. Ta!
Made me think if recording police in automotive situations like traffic stops is permitted/ adviseable/ not. I mean, the benefits are that an officer being recorded may behave more carefully. The downside is it makes him/her irritated and less likely to let a driver go with a warning.
Where recording police is concerned, most questions are answerable with a simple google or using the God-guven bonce one has. Most answers are 'its OK to do it but dont make a pointless nuisance of yourself to the police or get in the way of their job', broadly speaking.
But the mind has a curious way of finding the questions where answers are not obvious, to me at least. that I cant find obvious answers to. For example:
The inside of police cars-
-Is it legal to record a traffic officer if being interviewed by them in a police car?
Not sure if the police car is a 'public place' but then again it is a place of public office. Does any of that change the legality of recording?
Using recording methods that are not obvious to the officer-
-E.g. if the recording is done without the officer knowing. For example, someone using their phone to record audio of a police interview, whether in the street or in a police car. Strikes me that this is ok because it does t seem different to using a pen and paper to note down officer's answers etc, even if done after the interview when a person recalls the interview for their own records/ defence etc. But on the ither hand it may be dodgy because consent may be required?
It may be that the answers are obvious ,but do enlighten us on this thread if you know. I am insomniac tonight for having had too many coffees, and need more than Russian dashcam videos to engage my brain away from boredom. Ta!
Edited by Light n Hairy on Saturday 30th August 05:48
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