Cop's body cam records himself planting drugs

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I'd pay good money to see the look on his face when he was informed that the camera had buffered the 30 seconds prior to his pressing the button.

Baltimore .

we'll never know how many convictions rest on such bullshit (not just in Baltimore) not caught on camera (to say nothing of the untold haul of assets seizures)

Thing is, you probably don't even need to plant evidence in most cases, in Baltimore.

So, what next, promotion to Major?

In related news, there is a flash flood warning in effect in Baltimore as lawyers of those convicted of drug offenses due to testimony of this State Security Forces member cannot control their salivatation while queuing in front of the courthouse.

Speaking of, I honestly there there should be consequences when stuff happens like with that hippie woman getting shot when the body/dash cams are off.

Planting evidence should be a capital offense for a police officer.

And one should always assume that a camera is recording. Especially when you're wearing said camera. Even if they told me it only buffered the last 30 seconds I would assume they are lying and it saves everything. Because more times than not it is.

The body/dash cams were off because they had just arrived to the area when the whole thing went down. They didn't even have time to turn anything on before the idiot shot her.

Perhaps we need a slice of Japanese culture here.

Seppuku

Except just give the cop a single bullet and a gun.

Nah, he might miss and hit an innocent bystander. The tanto wouldn't have that problem.

Well, instant dismissal and ban on serving again, for a sane "let's not just kill fuckers" response.

But as we've seen, they could have turned them on just after the shot and we might have gotten some details in the 30 second buffer. Admittedly both were probably too "what the fuck just happened?!" to think of it - at least the partner, the shooter might have good reasons for not wanting to do so.

agree to a point, but in this case the consequences should be much, much worse since premeditative malice and intent were a huge factor. There are no mitigating circumstances (no wiggle room) in deliberately planting false evidence. Any judge worth his salt should give this fucker the MAXIMUM sentence allowed by law.

They did.

It's been reported the cameras were turned on after the shot and calls for medical went out. It's just not been released yet.

And don't assume there is a buffer. Each police force has things set their own way.

Saw the footage. Thing is, there have been black people since the civil rights era that have claimed that cops planted evidence against them to the point that it's now a clichè.

Not to mention, there are two other cops standing right next to the offending cop as he plants the evidence, walks away from the scene, turns his body cam on, re enter the scene and finds his planted evidence. They should be made examples of as well.

I believe the wakizashi (the short sword) is the preferred blade for seppuku.

It shouldn't even be an option for cops to turn off their body cams. They should be on for as long as the officer is on shift.

Can we stop with this stupid shit?

There are legitimate reasons both technical and privacy wise on why cameras can not be on for eight hours straight.

2:47:45 PM 06/09/17 - location: 345 East Main St/McDonald's rest room.

Evidence disposal I'm not sure we need to know about

Fuck that noise. The technical issues can be overcome. As for the privacy concerns, if I as a private citizen can be subject to a full body scan and a thorough pat down for the privilege of getting on airplane a police officer should be able to get over his uncomfortableness with his bathroom breaks being recorded for the privilege of serving on the police force. We can even make it so those recordings cannot be accessed without a court order or an open investigation into some form of misconduct.

No the technical issues are huge when you consider the size of the police force, the storage and maintenance costs of the equipment.

As for privacy....

It isn't about the officer going to the bathroom.

It's about the officer finding your wife raped, mutilated and murdered in your living room.

It's about a police officer talking to a witness to a murder in an area that is notorious for killing "snitches" for talking to the police.

It's about the police going to your house because you reported something and now they have footage of everything in your house that they saw.

You really want stuff like that recorded by multiple officers? Note there are people who say all body cam footage should be available to the public without any exceptions.

I don't think those of you who want body cameras on the whole time really understand the can of worms you're going to open there.

I sure don't want to be in court when the bailiff brings that "exhibit A" up for display!

The technical issues aren't really technical issues it's a matter of cost. Some of that cost could be mitigated by only issuing body cameras to those officers who are interacting with the public. We don't necessarily need body cameras on desk pushers, bureaucrats and file clerks. Also we could free up billions by ending that costly and useless war on drugs. As for the potential for abuse or outing of informants i think the public is better served by being able to hold officers accountable for their actions than any potential risk which can be mitigated as ive said by restricting access.

Body cameras already are only issued to officers on the street.

I do agree on the war on drugs.

"Our scientific expert will testify that the officer has DEFINITELY been eating a lot of peanuts and corn lately."

No need to make this a corny joke

Corny? It was shit.

Fuuuuuuuck that. There's been so many questionable incidents in the last ten or so years that there's more than sufficient probable cause to insist on monitoring of police officers. Your objections are policy issues, not technical ones. Just because a camera is on and recording does not mean anyone can access that material. Ideally it would require a warrant, same as any other evidence discovery. There wouldn't be a big theater down at the police station where you can wander in and watch bodycam footage.

In this modern age I'm sure the technology to have a camera recording for 8 hours straight is achievable.

They should be permanently recording, but kept private, encrypted, and only available under warrant when an incident occurs. Access to the system can also be audited, much like it is with other official records such as taxes.