Curmudgeon
Regular Member
A new and very good thread on this... http://forum.pafoa.org/open-carry-1...-end-offer-judgment-reached-philadelphia.html
...more at link, above.
...more at link, above.
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SHOCKING AUDIO: Philadelphia Police violate rights of open carrier at gunpoint
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Medic1210
Regular Member
Wow, after listening to that video, I felt literally sick to my stomach. I can only imagine how this would have gone down had Mark not been able to record this interaction. Also makes you wonder how many similar cases of verbal abuse and threats go unchecked because nobody is around to record it. What surprises me is that he was actually "allowed" to continue recording the whole thing. By that, I mean, it sounded like an officer found the recording device, so I'm surprised it didn't "accidentally" get dropped and broken (stepped on), or at a bare minimum, turned off. I wonder if the dash cam footage was ever requested via FOIA request, and if so, did that ever make youtube? I'm glad this turned out for the good, but I can only imagine how negatively my life would be affected if something like this happened to me while open carrying. I just hope if I'm ever stopped, I have time to turn on my phone, or iPod's voice memo recorder.
There are many things that may prevent having time to turn on a recording device. That is why my separate, stand alone digital recorder is turn on before I leave the house and remains so until I return home. Excellent digital recorders are available with sufficient recording time and battery life for a reasonable price - and files are downloadable.
These are very useful to capture/preserve conversations with errant officers, rude or misinformed store employees or G-d forbid if the SHTF. One such situation will than justify the small added expense - mine has earned its keep.
Medic1210
Regular Member
Any suggestions on a quality recorder I should consider? Where do you carry yours, and how clearly does it capture sounds where you keep it? For obvious reasons, I don't want to have to reach into a pocket to retrieve it for adequate recording when a cop is stopping me...
There are many good ones out there.
I personally carry a Sony ICD-PX312 2GB Expandable Digital Voice IC Recorder in my shirt pocket - available under $60.00 Sound pick up is fantastic and it has a noise filter. It will hold over 500 hours of recording, will download direct to computer, found hybrid rechargeables are the best - have 2 sets of batteries and change them every other day. Been carrying this one for over a year w/o the first problem
http://www.amazon.com/Sony-ICD-PX312-Expandable-Recorder-Capabilities/dp/B004QJ6ZV4
Thors_Mitersaw
Regular Member
I dunno if this has been suggested or not but http://qik.com/ is pretty useful. Especially as it will prevent bacon bits from erasing anything. Qik uploads the recording, storing it on the net. Useful if you have a smart phone. It is for video, yes, but its not like it disables the audio.