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upgunned shitpost
Jan 21, 2015

Dead Reckoning posted:

I think police would be less hesitant about body cameras if they were offered similar protections.

Police should be freely allowed to conspire against and breach public trust with absolutely no legal recourse for the state to take when such evidence is uncovered.

I thought the 'officers poop too' stuff was laughable, but you're actually loving insane.

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Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot

Dead Reckoning posted:

You are arguing that the ubiquity and ease of tracking an individuals' shopping habits means that employees should accept highly intrusive monitoring by their employers without reservation or protection. I disagree, and I don't think your argument is relevant.

But employees already do. The cameras are limited to the rooms they are working in because their work is limited to those rooms. Police roam around, thus they would need mobile cameras. But it's the same thing.

quote:

I already addressed that earlier. CVRs are only used for accident investigation. You could be on tape talking about how you can't wait to take the illegal Cuban rum in your luggage back to the apartment where you gently caress your boss' wife, and the NTSB won't include it in their report unless they believe it somehow contributed to the accident. I think police would be less hesitant about body cameras if they were offered similar protections.

I'd be fine with that, if the people who decide when the "protections" are relevant are 100 percent unaffiliated with the police department.

Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011
When did you stop beating your wife, Phone? You don't get to decide the relevance of my questions. Please limit your answer to the appropriate year/month/day format.

A Fancy Bloke posted:

How about this: they are public servants and thus should expect no privacy in pursuit of their duty?
Agreed, but this means that they have a right to not be under surveillance when not engaged in their duties, like when they're taking a poop.

fosborb posted:

Financial services call centers. Physical movement is badged, all calls are recorded and saved for 7 years by law, all screens are captured and network activity is logged, adherence to breaks, lunch, and work type are tracked, while entire departments (workforce management) are devoted to tracking real time adherence to set schedules.

All of these are explicitly tied to the individual and are routinely reviewed and tied to overall performance metrics in compliance with not just shareholder expectations but also SOX.

I wouldn't expect this level of tracking for even most call centers (though most are close to this even in the US), but Series-whatever reps have financial regulations to meet and we all feel more comfortable with random agent y of huge company x being monitored while handling our transactions.
Again, the crucial difference here is that HR isn't allowed to monitor you when you are in the bathroom, or out to lunch, or if you step out to take a personal phone call on your cell. I don't have a problem with monitoring police while they are engaged in police work, but there needs to be a reasonable allowance for their personal privacy.

Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot
Has anyone actually argued for cop toilet shots? Why do you keep bringing that up?

Devor
Nov 30, 2004
Lurking more.

Dead Reckoning posted:

Again, the crucial difference here is that HR isn't allowed to monitor you when you are in the bathroom, or out to lunch, or if you step out to take a personal phone call on your cell. I don't have a problem with monitoring police while they are engaged in police work, but there needs to be a reasonable allowance for their personal privacy.

Find the post where someone is arguing against a law that would allow police to shut off their body cams on break, or kindly shut up.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。

A Fancy Bloke posted:

Has anyone actually argued for cop toilet shots? Why do you keep bringing that up?

I think he's really into toilet fetishes. It's the only reasonable explanation since he can't manage to answer simple yes/no questions.

Raerlynn
Oct 28, 2007

Sorry I'm late, I'm afraid I got lost on the path of life.

Dead Reckoning posted:

No, it's loving not. Cameras in some areas of your workplace are not the same thing as a camera that follows you at all times. Name me another industry that requires employees to wear a wire at all times between clock in and clock out, or drop the false equivalence.

Tell you what, you explain to me the difference between a person actually wearing a camera in a retail setting vs someone who's on CCTV in literally every room that's not the restroom. Because from where I stand they're functionally the same thing: video proof you're doing your job.

I'm amazed that you consistently defend the idea that the very police who have in this thread repeatedly demonstrated a wanton disregard for personal rights, up to and including multiple attempts to conceal and destroy video evidence of wrongdoing, should somehow be held less accountable than the guy who flips your burger at McDonald's, stocks your shelves at Wal-Mart, dispenses your controlled medication at Walgreens, or handles your money in a bank. I mean, what's it like having that kind of doublethink? How do you function in society?

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
His refusal to answer my questions asking him if he's essentially a functional member of society can only make me assume that he shops wearing a paper bag over his head and only pays in cash because he's such a torch bearer for privacy in general.

Or he's a worthless concern troll.

Or he's a Freeman on the Land because my avatar doesn't have a gold, fringed border/frame.

Spoke Lee
Dec 31, 2004

chairizard lol
How about a sensor on the waist of a cops underwear and pants and another on their shoes. Whenever their pants and underwear are pulled to within 8 inches of their shoes the camera shuts off. If they want to shoot someone without evidence they are going to have to do it porky pig style.

edit: Plus if we get cell phone vids of police misconduct they will look even worse with their pants around their ankles.

Spoke Lee fucked around with this message at 20:30 on Oct 26, 2015

Taeke
Feb 2, 2010


Dead Reckoning posted:

Agreed, but this means that they have a right to not be under surveillance when not engaged in their duties, like when they're taking a poop.
Again, the crucial difference here is that HR isn't allowed to monitor you when you are in the bathroom, or out to lunch, or if you step out to take a personal phone call on your cell. I don't have a problem with monitoring police while they are engaged in police work, but there needs to be a reasonable allowance for their personal privacy.

Sure, allow them to turn it off in those situations. All the more reason to punish the bad apples when they abuse their ability to turn it off when it shouldn't be. It's really not all that complicated and I'm sure you yourself can come up with reasonable solutions to all these problems you're seeing.

The problem isn't a lack of possibilities but a lack of will to actually hold the police accountable.

Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot

Spoke Lee posted:

How about a sensor on the waist of a cops underwear and pants and another on their shoes. Whenever their pants and underwear are pulled to within 8 inches of their shoes the camera shuts off. If they want to shoot someone without evidence they are going to have to do it porky pig style.

The brave soul who dispatches "thugs" while droppin' dooks in his pants to get all the action.

Dirk the Average
Feb 7, 2012

"This may have been a mistake."

A Fancy Bloke posted:

The brave soul who dispatches "thugs" while droppin' dooks in his pants to get all the action.

You can tell whether or not he feared for his life by the amount of literal poo poo scared out of him!

Mavric
Dec 14, 2006

I said "this is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap." And I do not say that lightly.
I'm arguing for literal cop poo poo cameras. Who knows what kind of evidence they are routinely using/destroying/tampering with in there. Plus like they tell you, if you're not guilty you have nothing to worry about, now bend over and let me see your rectum.

Mavric
Dec 14, 2006

I said "this is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap." And I do not say that lightly.
If cops can reduce their murder count by half then they can have their private toilet time back.

ugh its Troika
May 2, 2009

by FactsAreUseless

Phone posted:

His refusal to answer my questions asking him if he's essentially a functional member of society can only make me assume that he shops wearing a paper bag over his head and only pays in cash because he's such a torch bearer for privacy in general.

Or he's a worthless concern troll.

Or he's a Freeman on the Land because my avatar doesn't have a gold, fringed border/frame.

I think he's refusing to answer your questions because they are stupid.

Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011
The only reason anyone is suggesting not letting the cops turn them off is because we're 100% sure that that ability will be abused. Find a way to make that abuse minimized, and then I'm all for it. I'd like to see, for instance, something like cams can only be used as evidence for already ongoing investigations so we're not just adding 24/7 surveillance to the things cops have the ability to do. Or that cams can only be introduced to either defend the officer against charges of brutality or by people who claim they've been victimized by the police, again to minimize the chance that cameras will just be used by the police to prosecute other crimes that went unnoticed the first time around.

Dead Reckoning
Sep 13, 2011

Devor posted:

Find the post where someone is arguing against a law that would allow police to shut off their body cams on break, or kindly shut up.
...

nm posted:

Body and dash cams should be manditory and always on.

chitoryu12 posted:

The first thing opponents to always-on cameras give is "It'll record people in moments that shouldn't be recorded, and that is a Bad Thing."

The proper response is "Is it as bad as improperly investigated murder?"

Grundulum posted:

I'm in favor of always-on bodycams on police.
That was just a quick search. I could probably find more, if I could figure out how to make forums search for the word "malfunction" in sarcasm quotes.

Phone posted:

His refusal to answer my questions asking him if he's essentially a functional member of society can only make me assume that he shops wearing a paper bag over his head and only pays in cash because he's such a torch bearer for privacy in general.
Much like how your evasiveness about your spousal abuse means we must assume it is ongoing.

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

So while we worry about the police and their right to privacy various police departments like the NYPD have been driving around in X-ray vans spying on everyone they go past and tapping phones at every chance they get. Privacy for the police, none for the citizens.

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
It's hard to abuse a spouse when you don't have one.

Ravenfood
Nov 4, 2011

KomradeX posted:

So while we worry about the police and their right to privacy various police departments like the NYPD have been driving around in X-ray vans spying on everyone they go past and tapping phones at every chance they get. Privacy for the police, none for the citizens.
it's more the citizens' right to privacy when they're being filmed by every officer that i care about han the officers', but it should be a concern. One that can be brushed aside if necessary, but it should be considered. What the NYPD does is also wrong.

KomradeX
Oct 29, 2011

The only time that comes into effect is when a police officer enters a private residence since the days you have no expectation of privacy any where else. Also again they police are already massively violating people's right to privacy right now.

Devor
Nov 30, 2004
Lurking more.

Dead Reckoning posted:

...



That was just a quick search. I could probably find more, if I could figure out how to make forums search for the word "malfunction" in sarcasm quotes.
Much like how your evasiveness about your spousal abuse means we must assume it is ongoing.

Hmm, yes, clearly if someone says "Always-on bodycam" they mean at all times period with no exceptions. They probably also mean when the cop is off duty, like when he is at home having sex with his wife. Because that's a reasonable thing for you to take away from the discussion.

You loving disingenuous poo poo.

Mavric
Dec 14, 2006

I said "this is going to be the most significant televisual event since Quantum Leap." And I do not say that lightly.
Cops do have a high rate of spousal abuse, keeping the camera on at home would probably save a lot of lives.

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015
Remember the no fly zone they put in when the riots happened?

FBI Director James Comey admitted in testimony last week before the House Judiciary Committee that the agency conducted surveillance flights over mass protests against police brutality in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland over the past year, at the request of local police departments. Comey’s remarks confirmed an earlier Associated Press report revealing the FBI’s extensive use of secret flyovers throughout the country.

The hearing itself, mislabeled as being dedicated to the “Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation,” was a further indication of the ability of government agencies like the FBI to carry out illegal mass surveillance against the American population with impunity. Comey contradicted himself at key points through his testimony, which the members of the Committee allowed to pass without comment.

He absurdly claimed in his testimony that the FBI’s flyovers are not used for “mass surveillance,” but only to track specific individuals targeted by an investigation, despite the obvious fact that low-flying, camera-equipped aircraft are ideally suited to follow large numbers of people simultaneously over a wide area. As the ACLU noted recently on its website, new technologies that are now commercially available to police departments nationwide can monitor an area of 25 square miles from low-circling aircraft.

http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2015/10/26/fbis-o26.html

Drones were the reason why.

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015
Cops begin carrying nunchucks to subdue suspects — in California, where nunchucks are illegal

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/cops-begin-carrying-nunchucks-to-subdue-suspects-in-california-where-nunchucks-are-illegal/

Since when should cops follow the law anyways.

Xandu
Feb 19, 2006


It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am.
It's hard to imagine how they could be more effective than just a regular baton.

But if it means more dumb cops hitting themselves...

Phone
Jul 30, 2005

親子丼をほしい。
Sweet. http://www.nydailynews.com/sc-high-...n=NYDailyNewsTw

quote:

A South Carolina sheriff's deputy attacked a high school student as classmates watched in horror, shocking footage revealed.

A video recorded by a student at the Spring Valley High School in Columbia showed a school resource officer asking a student to get out of her seat. He stands over her desk and tells the student, "either you're coming with me or I'll make you." Without giving her time to get up, he grabs her and flips her over, slamming her onto the ground.

The school's resource officer then drags her out of her chair and tossed her across the room, as students watched speechlessly. The deputy then pins her down on her stomach as he puts her hands behind her back. He tells another student, "I'll put you in jail next."

Students at the school identified Ben Fields as the officer behind the classroom throwdown. They've also noted that the officer has had a history of roughing up students.

Eggplant Squire
Aug 14, 2003


I'm sure he was in fear for his life or some such bullshit excuse right?

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq4BR5KHuqA&feature=youtu.be

Hooded Reptile
Aug 31, 2015
Off-duty Officer Patric Stanton fired shot during road rage incident in Golden Sunday, police say

Recordings of the 911 call will not be released Monday, police say.

So far, no charges are being filed.

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/new...nday-police-say

of course not, cops are the good ones.

Hail Mr. Satan!
Oct 3, 2009

by zen death robot

Devor posted:

Hmm, yes, clearly if someone says "Always-on bodycam" they mean at all times period with no exceptions. They probably also mean when the cop is off duty, like when he is at home having sex with his wife. Because that's a reasonable thing for you to take away from the discussion.

You loving disingenuous poo poo.

He's very particular about the strict definition of words. Except "teenager"

Kreg
Sep 2, 2006

Hooded Reptile posted:

Cops begin carrying nunchucks to subdue suspects — in California, where nunchucks are illegal

The only way to stop a bad guy with nunchucks is a good guy with nunchucks?

pathetic little tramp
Dec 12, 2005

by Hillary Clinton's assassins
Fallen Rib

Radish posted:

I'm sure he was in fear for his life or some such bullshit excuse right?

She was 5'2" and sitting down, he was this:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MI7wPpbD_M

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK
Sep 11, 2008

Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
And I am taken to a place
Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola

-Cheap Trick

Nap Ghost

a man deadlifting weights?

Devor
Nov 30, 2004
Lurking more.

ayn rand hand job posted:

a man deadlifting weights?

The man lifting weights in the video is the cop in question. It is meant to demonstrate that he was sufficiently strong to not have to throw her on the ground in order to restrain her.

Or maybe to demonstrate that he was roiding out, I dunno.

-Zydeco-
Nov 12, 2007


ayn rand hand job posted:

a man deadlifting weights?

That's the cop.

efb

nachos
Jun 27, 2004

Wario Chalmers! WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
Who the gently caress is this bald police shill on CNN defending the deadlifter cop? :wtc: he is the loving worst

VitalSigns
Sep 3, 2011

A Fancy Bloke posted:

To be fair, COPS has editors and the bias of the show is EXTREMELY pro-law enforcement, so they aren't going to show unflattering things that may happen.

I meant that COPS is already required to protect people's privacy, and when they can't get releases they use blurs to hide identity because they'd get hit with lawsuits if they didn't. It's fairly easy to write rules regarding when video can be released and what it can be used for, and already fits within existing law. Just say the tapes can't be reviewed unless someone dies or to defend against/prove charges of police brutality, and only evidence relevant to the investigation can be released, just like all other everything ever.

Dead Reckoning posted:

These are still examples of workplace cameras, not recorders attached to individual employees. It's the difference between traffic cameras and the FBI attaching a GPS tracker to your car.

Haha what. Requiring a public servant who is armed and with authority to use lethal force as part of his job, to be monitored on-duty in order to protect the civil rights of himself and the public is not the same as the FBI tracking your every move for no reason. Anyone this paranoid about the nefarious government doing evil sinister things with their personal information about them isn't going to be applying to work for the government in the first place.

It never fails to amaze me how the people sucking the most cop-authority dick get all :tinfoil: about the government. If you don't trust the government to monitor its own employees for abuse, why do you trust them with authority to shoot people?

Don't give the government cameras, they might abuse their power. Give them guns instead and a presumption they're telling the truth when they kill someone with no witnesses.

VitalSigns fucked around with this message at 01:27 on Oct 27, 2015

Spazzle
Jul 5, 2003

Kreg posted:

The only way to stop a bad guy with nunchucks is a good guy with nunchucks?

"Only a ninja can kill a ninja"
-ninja 3: the domination

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Trabisnikof
Dec 24, 2005

There's this weird response from anti-regulation activists, who argue that if you say...require on-duty body cameras, you must catch 100% of abuse for them to be valid. Then based in that flawed framework, they point out the insanities of their own demand, e.g. "You want to monitor every officer's bathroom visits????" when of course, that was never a requirement for the concept in question, just a strawman-extrapolation.

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