It's a bit strange to me that the LAPD would use surveymonkey, but I voted nonetheless.
KJ
Date_Posted: 2014-11-27 12:10:17
A while ago it was Jay Rockefeller that said that Big Brother would come, not by imposition from above, but at the will of the people. Police video taping every single interaction may sound like a good idea, but I am telling you right now, these videos will NEVER get out when police do wrong and always only be used against you.
ChadPole
Date_Posted: 2014-11-27 12:29:29
Hm, I didn't think about it like that. I'm not so sure I agree, though. At least for high profile cases, the surveillance footage would be a keystone to the evidence for/against the criminal, whether it ends up being the civilian or the cop. Imagine the Chris Dorner hunt, except every officer has a video camera. Now we know what happened when the LAPD fired 100 rounds into that blue truck with the two asian ladies.
ChadPole
Date_Posted: 2014-11-27 14:52:24
Here's another example of a circumstance that would benefit from this type of surveillance. I guess these videos could be covered up to protect the officers involved, but at least we'd know something was up if there was a pattern of footage destruction in cases like these, especially ones where the officers CLEEARLY didn't enter any physical altercation that would destroy their camera.
Plus, this isn't surveillance that's being fitted on my own private property.
Date_Posted: 2014-11-26 01:39:04
It's a bit strange to me that the LAPD would use surveymonkey, but I voted nonetheless.
Date_Posted: 2014-11-27 12:10:17
A while ago it was Jay Rockefeller that said that Big Brother would come, not by imposition from above, but at the will of the people. Police video taping every single interaction may sound like a good idea, but I am telling you right now, these videos will NEVER get out when police do wrong and always only be used against you.
Date_Posted: 2014-11-27 12:29:29
Hm, I didn't think about it like that. I'm not so sure I agree, though. At least for high profile cases, the surveillance footage would be a keystone to the evidence for/against the criminal, whether it ends up being the civilian or the cop. Imagine the Chris Dorner hunt, except every officer has a video camera. Now we know what happened when the LAPD fired 100 rounds into that blue truck with the two asian ladies.
Date_Posted: 2014-11-27 14:52:24
Here's another example of a circumstance that would benefit from this type of surveillance. I guess these videos could be covered up to protect the officers involved, but at least we'd know something was up if there was a pattern of footage destruction in cases like these, especially ones where the officers CLEEARLY didn't enter any physical altercation that would destroy their camera.
Plus, this isn't surveillance that's being fitted on my own private property.