Timjoebillybob
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- Feb 27, 2009
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A lot could be accomplished by requiring cameras on every policeman and LEO vehicle that records to the cloud automatically and notifies the base whenever the camera is turned off. If every word and action is sent automatically to the cloud and the public knows it is accessible, both parties will be careful and less likely to misbehave.
Require officers out of uniform to observe only until a uniformed officer in a marked car can arrive and make the stop. If you are on duty, wear the uniform unless working undercover on a specific assignment not related to traffic stops. If you are not on duty, barring an emergency situation, you are not working.
There needs to be a citizens board to lodge complaints to and investigate. Not a police dominated board with one citizen.
Fortunately, most of my encounters with LEO's has been without drama. But it only takes one bad encounter to cost someone their life.
A few things. Regarding cameras I only have one real issue with them, other than perhaps cost. And that would be privacy, when you say accessible do you mean all video to anyone? What about lets say a guy who seizes while taking a dump, do you think he's gonna want video of him lying on the floor with his pants down around his ankles covered in crap floating around? How about a woman who is raped in her house when the police respond? Or heck, how many people on this forum would want video of the inside of their house freely available if the police mistakenly responded to or served a search warrant to the wrong address? I can think of many others. There would need to be some very well thought out legislation for it, and with the current proliferation of body cams it's well overdue.
When you say observe, do you mean just follow until another officer can get there. Or being able to stop and then wait for one? If the former, how about a reckless driver/suspected dui/etc. Should they be required to just tail along for however long it takes for another officer to get there?
Who picks the citizens?
And my encounters have been mostly without drama as well, and I've had more than my fair share of them in my misspent youth. But even with the proliferation of cameras everywhere, I've seen very few instances where the police officer just went off without something else going on. Former officer harless out of OH being one of the main ones.
Chris Rock had something to say about that.True, but generally, the person being stopped is being an ass. I’m guessing NOT being an ass significantly increases your chance of not getting shot?
Language.
How not to get your *** kicked by the police.