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Originally Posted by Sapporo Guy
"audibly recording someone without their consent" how does this work if you're running a transaction with a hooker? If no consent it's their word against yours ...
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I don't think they need the recording when the cop is involved in the transaction. I think this law usually covers phone calls, since you certainly have no reasonable expectation of privacy when on a public road, even less when you exit your car. Any why shouldn't all cops be filmed? Dash cam videos have a habit of disappearing when the cops misbehave.
BTW, a friend of mine has on her FB page a still shot of her walking backwards with hands in the air toward the police with their guns drawn on her. She's a reporter and was in the news truck with her cameraman, investigating a county executive who was using city cops as chaufeuers. Her cameraman kept the camera on when he set it down so the cops could cuff him. Amazingly, that dash cam video disappeared. Wouldn't be a big deal except that county (also in MD) was forced by the US DOJ to record all police stops because of civil rights complaints. I think she won some kind of PI suit because they manhandled her and dislocated her shoulder while cuffing her.