This post is utter Bravo Sierra
All these posts from pepople pretending to set everyone else straight conveniently NEVER CITE THE LAW.
If any of you CAN READ, read for yourselves instead of getting false and misleading info from these keyboard jockeys.
READ THE LAW:
Federal:
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00002511----000-.html
" (2)(d) It shall not be unlawful under this chapter for a person not acting under color of law to intercept a wire, oral, or electronic communication where such person is a party to the communication or where one of the parties to the communication has given prior consent to such interception unless such communication is intercepted for the purpose of committing any criminal or tortious act in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States or of any State."
IOW, there is NO FEDERAL PROHIBITION WHATSOEVER, OF ANY KIND, as long as CRIMINAL INTENT/ACTIONS are not there.
State:
WA (go to YOUR State Legislatures website and READ your States Code for YOURSELF)
Revised Code:
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=9.73.030
Intercepting, recording, or divulging private communication — Consent required — Exceptions.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, it shall be unlawful for any individual, partnership, corporation, association, or the state of Washington, its agencies, and political subdivisions to intercept, or record any:
(a) Private communication transmitted by telephone, telegraph, radio, or other device between two or more individuals between points within or without the state by any device electronic or otherwise designed to record and/or transmit said communication regardless how such device is powered or actuated, without first obtaining the consent of all the participants in the communication;
(b) Private conversation, by any device electronic or otherwise designed to record or transmit such conversation regardless how the device is powered or actuated without first obtaining the consent of all the persons engaged in the conversation.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, wire communications or conversations (a) of an emergency nature, such as the reporting of a fire, medical emergency, crime, or disaster, or (b) which convey threats of extortion, blackmail, bodily harm, or other unlawful requests or demands, or (c) which occur anonymously or repeatedly or at an extremely inconvenient hour, or (d) which relate to communications by a hostage holder or barricaded person as defined in RCW 70.85.100, whether or not conversation ensues, may be recorded with the consent of one party to the conversation."
Now that you know what the LAW says (Fed and WA in particular), here's whats wrong with this post:
OP wrote:
"As long as the police officer is in public, there is no state where recording a police officer is illegal. If it is a private conversation, 12 states require all parties to consent to recording voice:"
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"As long as the police officer is in public"
NEITHER USC 18 or RCW 9 say ANYTHING about "police in public" READ THEM. The LAWS are in place to prevent POLICE AND GOVERNMENT from wiretapping and infringing on Citizens rights, they DO NOT exist to protect the Police.
"If it is a private conversation, 12 states require all parties to consent to recording voice:""
READ THE LAWS. Do they say that? NO.
WA Law makes no specification for ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, contrary to what the "expert" here is posting. WA LAW says "transmitted...by device" and that is NOT oral communications.
WA LAW does not require notification in certain cases, contrary to what the "expert" here is posting.
"No states require consent to record video unless there is an expectation of privacy, like in a bathroom or changing room"
WA law doesnt seem to say that! But OP knows more than anyone else, eh? READ THE LAW. WA RCW limits itself to "(a) private communications... between individuals...between points" and "(b) conversations"
We have enough people in Gummint and the Corporations trying to take our Rights away, the LAST thing needed are idiots posting here pretending to know what theyre talking about HELPING THEM.