Comments on: Finally! D.C. Police Announce a Sensible And Reasonable Cell Phone and Camera Policy

By: Leeds Press

Leeds Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:26:00 +0000

A police state is a state where the police do not obey Laws they enforce.

By: Leeds Press

Leeds Press — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:26:00 +0000

A police state is a state where the police do not obey Laws they enforce.

By: M

Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:03:00 +0000

Police are B.S.

By: Greg O'Hanlon

Greg O'Hanlon — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:42:00 +0000

I live in the DC metro area. DC police may have their own mandate but federal LE still very different. I have been stopped 2 times this year by fed’s while shooting architecture and told I could not photograph the buildings. During the 1st stop, he wanted to see the images and made me delete the files from the card.
http://www.gregoryohanlon.com

By: foggodyssey

foggodyssey — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:32:00 +0000

HOLD THE PRESSES!!!! On the day after Washington D.C. police implemented a new general order stating they must respect the rights of citizens who record them in
public, an undercover cop snatched a cell phone from a man who was
recording an investigation in public.

http://www.pixiq.com/article/dc-cops-confiscate-phone-steal-memory-card

Are you serious DC Police????

By: Kilroy238

Kilroy238 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:10:00 +0000

Sadly no

http://www.pixiq.com/article/dc-cops-confiscate-phone-steal-memory-card

By: Kilroy238

Kilroy238 — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:03:00 +0000

and one day later.

http://www.pixiq.com/article/dc-cops-confiscate-phone-steal-memory-card

By: Roman

Roman — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 22:02:00 +0000

Jet fighter pilots have to make a call under awful amount of stress to. That’s why it’s so hard to pass psychological test to become a pilot. Also pilots have to take the tests periodically.
It is hard job to be a cop and not everyone can handle that. Unfortunately nobody is sorting out the bad candidates…

By: micha8583

micha8583 — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:51:00 +0000

I think the point in case is like the code of Hamurabi, in Babylon: post the code of conduct in public, for everyone to see. So neither side can claim ignorance or misunderstanding…
BTW: cops are no lawyers, they follow orders. If given contadictionary orders, they may react like HAL.
(I’m not trying to excuse anyone, but we judge the behaviour of the cops with the leisure of endless replays in a stress- free environment. They had to make a call in a tight situation under an awfull amount of stress. Granted, they were bad calls. But now they have clear and definite orders: don’t touch cameras, always act like grandma’s gonna see you on youtube)

By: robsydor

robsydor — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:08:00 +0000

If they are being arrested in public space, we have the right to photograph that….