tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post9073429499020503697..comments2024-01-25T14:51:13.377-05:00Comments on Gamso - For the Defense: Roll the tapeJeff Gamsohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-45574964578327746962009-08-04T23:09:12.807-04:002009-08-04T23:09:12.807-04:00Nope. We wouldn't. I've been arguing for...Nope. We wouldn't. I've been arguing for years against the surveillance society where everyone is continually being monitored - on cameras and otherwise. We have a right to go about our business, and it's mostly nobody's business where and when we're going about.<br /><br />By the same token, and just as we need to make a record of what we do in court, cameras in the cars are a fundamentally good idea. They help keep everyone honest. (Working cameras, that is. I can't tell you how often I've learned that the camera broke or the tape screwed up or somehow the microphone got turned off at the critical moment.)<br /><br />But not just in cars, please. During interrogations, too. I don't know what your jurisdiction does, heck, I don't know what your jurisdiction is, but I hope you endorse taping there, too. And you might push your buddies at the FBI to endorse taping interrogations as a matter of routine, not just when they get special permission from the agent in charge.Jeff Gamsohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09869425697771419546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5945843206427351559.post-77428725269998406912009-08-04T22:52:47.442-04:002009-08-04T22:52:47.442-04:00I am a prosecutor and I love cameras in the cars. ...I am a prosecutor and I love cameras in the cars. Talk about no dispute about what happened in a stop in the field. The number of defendants who lie about police misconduct has gone down quite a bit as well. Its all well and good to laugh about what a few idiots do, but I wonder if we lawyers would like a camera on us every waking minute at work- not just in the courtroom.american scold IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15777481042092172873noreply@blogger.com