Police Departments Ending Body Camera Programs

Jan 02, 2020 Posted by: Sergey Perunov #accountability, #body, #bodycam, #budget, #camera, #police, #transparency, bodycamera

Body cameras and filmed interactions with the police have changed the dynamics of building trust between police and the communities they serve, but not all Police Departments can afford these programs.

Creeps and Realtors: Safety of Women in Real Estate - Can a Body Camera Help?

Dec 30, 2019 Posted by: Sergey Perunov #bodycam, #camera, #realestate, #realtor, #safety, #staysafe, #wearable, bodycamera

Unlike scheduled house showings, with an Open House a woman can find herself alone in a secluded place with a complete stranger. Of course, the vast majority of people that we see every day are decent folks without nefarious motives, but if you’re going to be in the business long enough you will meet the 0.01% that aren’t. If you’re a woman in real estate it’s not a question of “if” you’re going to run into a creep with frightening motives, but rather a question of “when”.

Filming Police in the US - Know Your Rights

Dec 30, 2019 Posted by: Riddhi G #alcu, #bodycam, #camera, #civil, #filmthepolice, #liberties, #rights, #security, #wearable, bodycamera

Know your rights.

If you live in the United States you have a constitutional right to photograph plainly visible public spaces. This includes police and government workers carrying out their duties so long as you are not interfering in them. Unfortunately there have been many instances where police officers get aggressive in the faces of cameras.

Keep in mind that some states regulate audio under wiretapping laws (and since videos contain audio, it is treated differently than if you were to just photograph). This makes the situation a bit more complicated. Bust, most of these laws are dealing with protection of privacy and “bugging” of conversations and in most of the cases audio recordings of the police is legal.

No court in the US has ruled that the police have a reasonable expectation of privacy, thus so long as they are in the public fulfilling their duty you have the right to record video.

Except: At the time of writing Illinois makes recording of police illegal regardless of expectation of privacy, but ACLU is currently challenging this based on a violation of the First Ammendment.

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