Comments on Advance Indiana™: Legislation Would Let Police Decide Whether To Publicly Release Videos

And even when it is released, more times than not,...

2016-01-12T19:28:53.044-05:00

And even when it is released, more times than not, the family will still continue the "he was a good boy who was turning his life around", or "he only shot at the popo and tried to run them over because he was scared"....

Anon 1:49, The Hoosier State Press Association'...

2016-01-12T14:47:26.312-05:00

Anon 1:49, The Hoosier State Press Association's lobbyist is quoted in the story. Obviously, the news media is aware of it through their trade organization if they want to make an issue of it.

I have not believed the idea that police or securi...

2016-01-12T13:52:30.128-05:00

I have not believed the idea that police or security footage should be withheld pending completing an investigation, this has always seemed to be a lot of hooey to justify only releasing it when the police look good; this legislation is just codifying what the police would prefer to do instead of being answerable for all of their actions. The law instead should make all footage available within 48 hours or some other short time period.

An Arizona state senator has proposed legislati...

2016-01-12T13:51:54.965-05:00

An Arizona state senator has proposed legislation that would restrict, and in some cases prohibit, the recording of police unless the officer has given express permission.

The bill, which was proposed last week by senator John Kavanagh, would make it unlawful to film an officer from within 20 feet, or in the same room as the officer in a private residence, and would make it a class 3 misdemeanor to continue filming after a verbal warning from police to stop.

Arizona is open carry on firearms, but cameras are sooo dangerous.

Gary, can or will you, please, take steps to get t...

2016-01-12T13:49:37.093-05:00

Gary, can or will you, please, take steps to get this information out to every news agency in the state? Having dealt with some really underhanded "officers of the law" in the state of Indiana, I can say for a fact that this bill should never ever get passed. I had one officer tell me that he had body cam video on his computer going back 8 years. What is the current law in Indiana as regards to how long they can keep video and is there a difference if the video is involved in a criminal case or not?

I thought the point of these cameras was to make e...

2016-01-12T12:00:06.421-05:00

I thought the point of these cameras was to make everything more transparent. As a police supporter I assumed more cameras would tend to exonerate more police officers from false claims. I don't see the point of keeping them for internal review. I doubt the Courts would support that.

As good Hoosiers prone to conform and let other pe...

2016-01-12T11:29:52.836-05:00

As good Hoosiers prone to conform and let other people do our thinking for us, we must accept us. I mean, there's no way they would propose this if it wasn't for our own good. We're lucky to live here in a state that works...for some, anyway.

In many ways, the Nazis were a better government t...

2016-01-12T10:07:18.726-05:00

In many ways, the Nazis were a better government to ordinary Germans than the American government is to its citizens.