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[Davy Crockett]

If they wanted to mess with you, couldn't they say illegal wiretapping?

[kadosh]

If they wanted to mess with you, couldn't they say illegal wiretapping?

Federal Court Affirms Legality Of Recording Police Officers

By Adam Ragusea (@aragusea)
Aug 30, 2011, 3:45 PM

Last Friday, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that affirmed, stronger than ever, the rights of individuals to openly record the actions of police officers.

In 2007, a young lawyer named Simon Glik was walking through Boston Common when he saw three police officers arresting a teenager. Glik thought the officers were getting a little rough, so he flipped open his cellphone camera and started shooting video.

The officers arrested Glik for, in their minds, violating the state’s wire-tapping law, even though the whole incident happened out in public and Glik didn’t try to conceal the fact that he was recording.

The ACLU took up Glik’s cause and the courts threw out the charges against him. Since then, the Boston Police Department has been instructing personnel that the state’s wiretapping law does not apply to people making unconcealed audio or video recordings in public. But Glik and the ACLU have pressed on, suing the BPD and the individual officers for violating his First Amendment rights.

more: [link to radioboston.wbur.org]

Aside from this, Ohio is a "One-party" state so only one party needs to consent. Other states? YMMV.

[orion commander]

Federal Court Affirms Legality Of Recording Police Officers

By Adam Ragusea (@aragusea)
Aug 30, 2011, 3:45 PM

Last Friday, the U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals issued a ruling that affirmed, stronger than ever, the rights of individuals to openly record the actions of police officers.

In 2007, a young lawyer named Simon Glik was walking through Boston Common when he saw three police officers arresting a teenager. Glik thought the officers were getting a little rough, so he flipped open his cellphone camera and started shooting video.

The officers arrested Glik for, in their minds, violating the state’s wire-tapping law, even though the whole incident happened out in public and Glik didn’t try to conceal the fact that he was recording.

The ACLU took up Glik’s cause and the courts threw out the charges against him. Since then, the Boston Police Department has been instructing personnel that the state’s wiretapping law does not apply to people making unconcealed audio or video recordings in public. But Glik and the ACLU have pressed on, suing the BPD and the individual officers for violating his First Amendment rights.

more: [link to radioboston.wbur.org]

Aside from this, Ohio is a "One-party" state so only one party needs to consent. Other states? YMMV.

Concealed shmealed. Should not matter. The courts have held that in public places one has no right to privacy ergo traffic cams or sidewalk cams are legal. A public employee has no right to privacy. we have cams where I work. The are a double edged sword.