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There are no laws against subjects and witnesses from recording an interaction with police.
But police encounters should always be recorded via dash cam and body cam, not only to hold the officers accountable, but also to aid in proving a suspect's guilt or innocence.
There are reasonable limitations to subject and witness ability to record police.
Ie limitations on what subjects can do with their hands, and limitations on how close witnesses can get.
I'd like every police interaction to be recorded, not a system where the officer can decide if an interaction gets recorded. I also understand that police officers deserve privacy to use the toilet and fart while out and about, without being recorded by their boss.
My comment was basically if ANYONE present thinks that the interaction should be getting recorded, it should be getting recorded.