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by KLB
Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:32 pm
Forum: Site Announcements, Questions & Suggestions
Topic: Request for Texas AG opinion on body cams
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Re: Request for Texas AG opinion on body cams

An interesting problem. The "any recording" language is sweeping, but my guess is the courts will limit it in some way. If a bystander happens to record an incident, does the officer have a statutory right to review the bystander's recording? If the officer says there was a bystander with a camera, can the officer defer his statement until the bystander is found? If there is a large crowd of bystander's one of whom may have recorded something, can the officer defer his statement until all crowd members have been investigated?

No doubt other variations exist.

Then there's the moral risk of the police taking custody of a recording that may reflect badly on them.

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