http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/ Engadget Comments for LAPD getting the 'Cops' treatment at all major events http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 4:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Oct 30th 2007 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
I applaud this move. If I were a policeman I might grumble about the extra overhead.. more money for camera crews means less money for policemen, but if my personal well being is at risk of the kind of corruption LA sees every year I wouldn't grumble very long.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 4:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 4:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
Another negative aspect, and somewhat of an extension of my first. Some cops will naturally do weird things because of the camera's.

I recently watched a video on break.com or youtube.com where the cop was trying to get a resident out of their house because he though it was on fire. In doing so he broke 8 windows....each of which was too small for him to get into the house in order to assist the resident.

I'm sure it'll give us lots to laugh at though. :D]]>Aug 3rd 2007 5:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
Oversight of the police like this is sorely needed everywhere.]]>Aug 3rd 2007 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
Having seen the full clip you are probably correct on the situation i pointed out.

That aside, people tend to behave differently (regardless of their line of work) when camera's are present.

You wouldn't happen to have a link to the full clip would you?]]>Aug 3rd 2007 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 5:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23403984-details/'Smile,+you're+on+camera!'+Police+to+get+'head-cams'/article.do]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
"In a world of universal deceit,
telling the truth is a revolutionary act."

George Orwell 1984

Tor: anonymity on-line stop the internet spying on you: http://tor.eff.org/]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
So many rain-soaked cakes!]]>Aug 3rd 2007 6:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 4th 2007 8:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 3rd 2007 11:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/
I was in the rafters so I couldn't get down to the field in time to do anything. But it was horrible. The guy was completely innocent of ANY infraction at all.

-Pie]]>Aug 4th 2007 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Aug 4th 2007 5:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/03/lapd-getting-the-cops-treatment-at-all-major-events/Oct 30th 2007 6:41PM