Is it illegal to video tape police officers ?
2007-10-06 20:06:08 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
No it is not illegal but you will cause yourself a lot of problems simply becasue the police can do anything they want. There is no one to "police' the police.
I have a neighbor who is a "cop" ( a police man) and had a long time ago asked him a similiar question and he said that in retaliation for someone videotaping him that he could make that persobn's life " a living hell", if you get what I mean.
He said that he could find out your name and run a credit check n you and he could find out any personal dtails about you such as medical conditions any prior criminal records or parking tickets traffic tickets that you might have had. He could also tell his fellow officers and everytime you sent somewhere you could be pulled over for a violation etc (no seatbelt on, cell phone in hand failure to signal in traffic etc.
Also he could do an investigation on you and knock on all the neighbors doors and ask pointed questions that would have all the neighbors gossiping about you and not wanting to have anything to do with you. He could also go to your job and ask questions about you and I'm sure your employer or supervisor would not appreciate that and you could possibly have job related troubles after that.
So you are opening up a whole can of worms as the expression goes if you try to do that.
So the final answer is that it is not illegal but you may cause yourself more trouble than you intended to get.
The bottom line is that: There is no one who "polices" the police.
2007-10-06 20:32:30 · answer #1 · answered by eimittaa 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it's legal. To many of us Cops we don't mind being video taped, most of us have it in our patrol cars. If there not doing anything wrong then they shouldn't even care. I run my video all the time, believe it or not people lie all the time about what happened while they were contacted by Police video is just another way of eliminating some questions.
2007-10-07 03:19:50 · answer #2 · answered by c92camrs 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not really but they will try to bully you by saying you are interfering with an arrest, disturbing the peace, etc and will often arrest you. They don't like concrete evidence against them surfacing.
2007-10-07 04:04:01 · answer #3 · answered by Caninelegion 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't see why it should be, they tape citizens all the time.
2007-10-07 03:10:22 · answer #4 · answered by Chsel 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not in California..........but, you will get their attention....if you know what I mean >>>
2007-10-07 03:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by been there / done that 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No
2007-10-07 03:51:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it's all good.
2007-10-07 03:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by Macisbac 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋